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DGS-3400 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch CLI Manual
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disable password encryption
the password will be in plan text form. However, if the user specifies the password in
encrypted form, or if the password has been converted to encrypted form by the last enable
password encryption command, the password will always be in the encrypted form and can
not be reverted back to plaintext.
Parameters
None.
Restrictions
Only Administrator and Operator-level users can issue this command.
Example usage:
To disable password encryption:
DGS-3450:admin# disable password encryption
Command: disable password encryption
DGS-3450:admin#
create account
Purpose
This command is used to create user accounts.
Syntax
create account [admin | operator | user] <username 15>
Description
The create account command is used to create user accounts. A username can be between
1 and 15 characters. The password is between 0 and 15 characters and is case sensitive.
The total number of accounts supported by the Switch (including admin and user level
accounts) is 8.
Parameters
admin
- Specify an administrator level account. The administrator is the highest privilege level
in the Switch.
operator
- Specify an operator level account.
user
- Specify a user level account.
<username 15>
- The user name, which must be a minimum of 1 character and a maximum
of 15 characters.
Restrictions
Only Administrator can issue this command.
Example usage:
To create the admin-level user “alpha”:
DGS-3450:admin# create account admin alpha
Command: create account admin alpha
Enter a case-sensitive new password:****
Enter the new password again for confirmation:****
Success.
DGS-3450:admin#
config account
Purpose
This command is used to configure user accounts.
Syntax
config account <username> {encrypt [plain_text | sha_1] <password>}
Description
When the password information is not specified in the command, the system will prompt the
