Password - Huawei Quidway S3900 series Command Manual

Command Manual - File System Management
Quidway S5100-EI Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Parameter
auto: Specifies to display passwords in the modes adopted when the passwords are
set. If a password is set in cipher mode, the password will be displayed in cipher text; or
else, the password will be displayed in plain text.
cipher-force: Specifies to display passwords in cipher text forcibly.
Description
Use the local-user password-display-mode command to set the password display
mode to be used when the switch displays the local users.
Use the undo local-user password-display-mode command to restore the default
password display mode.
If the cipher-force mode is adopted, the passwords will be displayed in cipher text
even though the password command is used to specify the password display mode to
simple.
By default, the password display mode of local users is auto.
Example
# Set the password display mode to be used when the switch displays local users to
cipher-force.
<Quidway>system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Quidway] local-user password-display-mode cipher-force

2.1.4 password

Syntax
password { simple | cipher } password
undo password
View
Local user view
Parameter
simple: The password will be displayed in plain text.
cipher: The password will be displayed in cipher text.
password: Password to be set. In simple mode, it is a string of 1 to 63 characters; in
cipher mode, it is a character string of 1 to 63 characters or 88 characters.
Description
Use the password command to set a password for the local user.
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