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Command Reference for AT-IX5-28GPX High Availability, High Power Video Surveillance PoE Switch
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AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.5-0.x
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ENABLE
SECRET
Note that the
enable secret
command is an alias for the
enable password
command and one password per privilege level is allowed using these commands.
Do not assign one password to a privilege level with
enable password
and another
password to a privilege level with
enable secret
. Use
enable password
or
enable
secret
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 secret mypasswd
awplus(config)#
end
This results in the following show output:
Using encrypted
passwords
Configure an encrypted password using the
service password-encryption
command. First, use the enable password command to specify the string that you
want to use as a password (
mypasswd
). Then, use the
service
password-encryption
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
.
NOTE
:
Do not use encrypted passwords for GUI users. The GUI requires unencrypted
user passwords only - not encrypted user passwords. Do not use option 8 for GUI users.
awplus#
configure terminal
awplus(config)#
enable secret mypasswd
awplus(config)#
service password-encryption
awplus(config)#
end
This results in the following show output:
Using hidden
passwords
Configure an encrypted password using the
HIDDEN
parameter (
8
) with the
enable password
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
service password-encryption
command for this method.
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
