Enable Password - Allied Telesis AT-AR3050S Command Reference Manual

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ENABLE PASSWORD

enable password
Overview To set a local password to control access to various privilege levels, use the
password
modify or create a password to be used, and use the
command to remove the password.
Note that the
command, and the
password
configured with the
shown in the running and startup configurations. Note that if the
command is entered then
enable password [<plain>|8 <hidden>|level <1-15> 8 <hidden>]
Syntax
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
the commands in User Exec mode, but not any configuration commands in
Privileged Exec mode.
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Global Configuration command. Use the
enable secret
no enable secret
command. Issuing a
enable secret
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.
Command Reference for AT-AR3050S
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.5-2.x
command is an alias for the
command is an alias for the
no enable password
command. The
enable password is shown in the configuration.
enable (Privileged Exec mode)
enable password command to
no enable password
enable password
no enable
command removes a password
enable password command is
enable secret
enable
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