Digi TransPort WR31 User Manual page 825

Device administration
pwds.da0 file
As of firmware version 4981, the encrypted forms of passwords entered into the configuration are
stored in a separate file named pwds.da0. This file can only be accessed by users with Super level
privileges. The file can be read with the type command, such as, type pwds.da0.
The pwds.da0 file is only created when a password is changed from default and the configuration is
saved. The router then removes encrypted versions of the default passwords from the config.da0
file and instead creates and uses a new pwds.da0 file.
If you delete a pwds.da0 file, all remote access to the router that requires authentication will fail. In
such a case, you will need a serial cable connection to re-configure passwords to gain access to the
router. If both the pwds.da0 file exists and the config.da0 contains passwords also, the passwords
in the config.da0 take precedence and overwrite the passwords in the pwds.da0 when a save
command is issued.
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