C613-50170-01 Rev B
Command Reference for x510 Series
1765
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-1.x
A
UTHENTICATION
C
OMMANDS
AUTH
-
MAC
PASSWORD
auth-mac password
Overview
This command changes the password for MAC-based authentication.
Use the
no
variant of this command to return the password to its default.
Syntax
auth-mac [encrypted] password <
password
>
no auth-mac password
Default
By default, the password is the MAC address of the supplicant
Mode
Global Configuration
Usage
Changing the password increases the security of MAC-based authentication,
because the default password is easy for an attacker to discover. This is particularly
important if:
•
some MAC-based supplicants on the network are intelligent devices, such as
computers, and/or
•
you are using two-step authentication (see the “Ensuring Authentication
Methods Require Different Usernames and Passwords” section of the
and Port Authentication Feature_Overview and Configuration Guide
).
Examples
To change the password to verySecurePassword, use the commands:
awplus#
configure terminal
awplus(config)#
auth-mac password verySecurePassword
Validation
Command
Related
Commands
Parameter
Description
auth-mac
MAC-based authentication
encrypted
Specify an encrypted password
password
Configure the password
<
password
>
The new password. Passwords can be up to 64 characters in length
and can contain any printable characters except
•
?
•
" (double quotes)
•
space
