Password - Huawei Quidway S2000 Series Command Manual

Command Manual - Security
Quidway S2000 Series Ethernet Switches
Description
Using local-user password-display-mode command, you can configure the
password display mode of all the accessing users. Using undo local-user
password-display-mode command, you can cancel the password display mode that
has been set for all the accessing users.
If cipher-force has been adopted, the user efforts of specifying to display passwords in
simple text will render useless.
The password display mode of all the accessing users defaults to auto.
For the related commands, see display local-user , password.
Example
# Force all the accessing users to display passwords in cipher text.
[Quidway] local-user password-display-mode cipher-force

2.1.11 password

Syntax
password { simple | cipher } password
undo password
View
Local user view
Parameter
simple: Specifies to display passwords in simple text.
cipher: Specifies to display passwords in cipher text.
password: Defines a password, which is a character string of up to 16 characters if it is
in simple text and of up to 24 characters if it is in cipher text.
Description
Using password command, you can configure a password display mode for local
users. Using undo password command, you can cancel the specified password
display mode.
If local-user password-display-mode cipher-force has been adopted, the user
efforts of using the password command to set the password display mode to simple
text (simple) will render useless.
For the related command, see display local-user.
Chapter 2 AAA Configuration Commands
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