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Command Reference for x510 Series
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AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-1.x
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ENABLE
PASSWORD
enable password
Overview
To set a local password to control access to various privilege levels, use the
Global Configuration command. Use the
command to
modify or create a password to be used, and use the
no
command to remove the password.
Note that the
command is an alias for the
command, and the
no
command is an alias for the
no
command. Issuing a
no
command removes a password
configured with the
command. The
shown in the running and startup configurations. Note that if the
command is entered then
is shown in the configuration.
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.
Syntax
enable password [
<plain>
|8
<hidden>
|level
<1-15>
8
<hidden>
]
no enable password [level
<1-15>
]
Default
The privilege level for enable password is level 15 by default. Previously the default
was level 1.
Mode
Global Configuration
Usage
This command enables the Network Administrator to set a password for entering
the Privileged Exec mode when using the
command. There are three methods to enable a password. In the examples below,
for each method, note that the configuration is different and the configuration file
output is different, but the password string to be used to enter the Privileged Exec
mode with the
enable
command is the same (
mypasswd
).
A user can now have an intermediate CLI security level set with this command for
privilege level 7 to access all the show commands in Privileged Exec mode and all
Parameter
Description
<
plain
>
Specifies the unencrypted password.
8
Specifies a hidden password will follow.
<
hidden
>
Specifies the hidden encrypted password. Use an encrypted
password for better security where a password crosses the network
or is stored on a TFTP server.
level
Privilege level <1-15>. Level for which the password applies. You can
specify up to 16 privilege levels, using numbers 1 through 15. Level 1
is normal EXEC-mode user privileges for User Exec mode. If this
argument is not specified in the command or the
no
variant of the
command, the privilege level defaults to 15 (enable mode privileges)
for Privileged Exec mode. A privilege level of 7 can be set for
intermediate CLI security.