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An administrator must use the password complexity not manufacturer-name command to prevent users from adding "cisco" as a password. Which command must be issued before this command?

The correct answer is A. Password complexity enable. Before configuring specific password complexity rules, such as preventing manufacturer names, the global password complexity feature must first be enabled.

Submitted by fernanda_arg· Mar 5, 2026

Question

An administrator must use the password complexity not manufacturer-name command to prevent users from adding "cisco" as a password. Which command must be issued before this command?

Options

  • APassword complexity enable
  • Bconfreg 0x2142
  • CLogin authentication my-auth-list
  • Dservice password-encryption

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  • A
    86% (31)
  • B
    8% (3)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

Before configuring specific password complexity rules, such as preventing manufacturer names, the global password complexity feature must first be enabled.

APassword complexity enableCorrect

The `password complexity enable` command globally activates the password complexity feature on the Cisco device, allowing subsequent commands like `password complexity not manufacturer-name` to enforce specific complexity policies. Without enabling this feature, any defined complexity rules would not take effect.

Bconfreg 0x2142

`confreg 0x2142` is used to change the configuration register, typically for password recovery or boot sequence modification, and has no direct relation to password complexity features.

CLogin authentication my-auth-list

`login authentication my-auth-list` configures an authentication method list for login, which is separate from defining password complexity rules for user passwords.

Dservice password-encryption

`service password-encryption` encrypts passwords in the running configuration, but it does not enforce any password complexity rules themselves.

Concept tested: Password complexity configuration

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/security/d1_sec_login_mgmnt/configuration/xe-3s/sec-login-mgmnt-xe-3s-book/sec-pw-complx.html

Topics

#Cisco IOS security#Password complexity#Configuration prerequisites

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