Configuring Password Display In Ini File - AudioCodes Mediant 500 E-SBC User Manual

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Configuring Password Display in ini File

Passwords can be displayed in the ini file in one of the following formats, configured by the
INIPasswordsDisplayType ini file parameter:

Obscured: The password characters are concealed and displayed as encoded. The
password is displayed using the syntax, $1$<obscured password>, for example,
$1$S3p+fno=.

Hidden: the password is replaced with an asterisk (*).
When you save an ini file from the device to a PC, the passwords are displayed according
to the enabled format. When you load an ini file to the device, obscured passwords are
parsed and applied to the device; hidden passwords are ignored.
By default, the enabled format is obscured passwords, thus enabling their full recovery in
case of configuration restore or copy to another device.
When obscured password mode is enabled, you can enter a password in the ini file using
any of the following formats:

$1$<obscured password>: Password in obscured format as generated by the device;
useful for restoring device configuration and copying configuration from one device to
another.

$0$<plain text>: Password can be entered in plain text; useful for configuring a new
password. When the ini file is loaded to the device and then later saved from the
device to a PC, the password is displayed obscured (i.e., $1$<obscured password>).
Version 6.8
9. INI File-Based Management
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