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Command Reference for GS970M Series
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AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-0.x
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ENABLE
PASSWORD
Note that the
command and one password per privilege level is allowed using these commands.
Do not assign one password to a privilege level with
and another
password to a privilege level with
commands. Do not use both on the same level.
Using plain
passwords
The plain password is a clear text string that appears in the configuration file as
configured.
awplus#
configure terminal
awplus(config)#
enable password mypasswd
awplus(config)#
end
This results in the following show output:
Using encrypted
passwords
You can configure an encrypted password using the
command. First, use the enable password command to specify the string that you
want to use as a password (
mypasswd
). Then, use the
command to encrypt the specified string (
mypasswd
). The
advantage of using an encrypted password is that the configuration file does not
show
mypasswd
, it will only show the encrypted string
fU7zHzuutY2SA
.
awplus#
configure terminal
awplus(config)#
enable password mypasswd
awplus(config)#
service password-encryption
awplus(config)#
end
This results in the following show output:
Using hidden
passwords
You can configure an encrypted password using the
HIDDEN
parameter (
8
) with
the
command. Use this method if you already know the
encrypted string corresponding to the plain text string that you want to use as a
password. It is not required to use the
command for
awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password mypasswd
!
interface lo
awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password 8 fU7zHzuutY2SA
service password-encryption
!
interface lo
