Getting Started
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Software Version 5.2.1
AlliedWare Plus
TM
Operating System Software Reference C613-50003-00 REV E
1.23
Testing this
feature
If you want to test the effect of this,
create a new user
for the test instead of using the manager
user. The test stops you from logging in as the test user, so you need to have the manager user
available to log in as.
The following output shows how specifying the number 8 puts the password into the running-
config exactly as you typed it:
After entering the command above, logging in as “Bob” with a password of “friend” does not
work. This is because the switch takes the password you enter (“friend”), hashes it, and
compares the hash with the string in the running-config (“friend”). The hashed value and
“friend” are not the same, so the switch rejects the login.
Caution
Only enter the nu
m
ber 8 if you are entering a pre-encrypted password—otherwise, you will be
unable to log in using the password and will be unable to access the switch through that
userna
m
e. The next section describes why.
awplus(config)#username Bob privilege 15 password 8 friend
awplus(config)#show running-config |include username Bob
username Bob privilege 15 password 8 friend