hardware:guides:ssh_ilo4

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   * **Strict Length Limit:** Passwords **MUST** be between **8 and 20 characters** in length. The underlying IPMI protocol silently truncates anything past 20 characters, which causes a silent mismatch that locks users out of the Web Dashboard.   * **Strict Length Limit:** Passwords **MUST** be between **8 and 20 characters** in length. The underlying IPMI protocol silently truncates anything past 20 characters, which causes a silent mismatch that locks users out of the Web Dashboard.
   * **Character Requirements:** Passwords must contain a mix of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and numeric digits.    * **Character Requirements:** Passwords must contain a mix of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and numeric digits. 
-  * **The Special Character Limitation:** If utilizing symbols (such as ''!'', ''$'', or ''*''), the password must be injected via the local host CLI using **single quotes (`'...'`)** to prevent Linux Bash history expansion from corrupting the string.+  * **The Special Character Limitation:** If utilizing symbols (such as ''!'', ''$'', or ''*''), the password must be injected via the local host CLI using **single quotes (`'...'`)** to prevent Linux Bash history expansion from corrupting the string. 
  
-> **Best Practice:** To set a password longer than 20 characters or one with highly complex symbols, first assign a simple temporary alphanumeric password via the local terminal to gain entry, then perform the final password update directly inside the iLO 4 Web UI settings page. 
  
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