Allied Telesis x510-28GTX Command Reference Manual page 165

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SER CCESS OMMANDS
ENABLE PASSWORD
the commands in User Exec mode, but not any configuration commands in
Privileged Exec mode.
Note that the
command and one password per privilege level is allowed using these commands.
Do not assign one password to a privilege level with
password to a privilege level with
secret
Using plain The plain password is a clear text string that appears in the configuration file as
passwords configured.
awplus#
awplus(config)#
awplus(config)#
This results in the following show output:
Using encrypted You can configure an encrypted password using the
passwords command. First, use the enable password command to specify the string that you
want to use as a password (mypasswd). Then, use the
password-encryption
advantage of using an encrypted password is that the configuration file does not
show mypasswd, it will only show the encrypted string fU7zHzuutY2SA.
NOTE
user passwords only - not encrypted user passwords. Do not use option 8 for GUI users.
awplus#
awplus(config)#
awplus(config)#
awplus(config)#
This results in the following show output:
Using hidden You can configure an encrypted password using the HIDDEN parameter (8) with
passwords the
encrypted string corresponding to the plain text string that you want to use as a
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enable password
commands. Do not use both on the same level.
configure terminal
enable password mypasswd
end
awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password mypasswd
!
interface lo
command to encrypt the specified string (mypasswd). The
: Do not use encrypted passwords for GUI users. The GUI requires unencrypted
configure terminal
enable password mypasswd
service password-encryption
end
awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password 8 fU7zHzuutY2SA
service password-encryption
!
interface lo
enable password command. Use this method if you already know the
Command Reference for x510 Series
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-1.x
command is an alias for the
enable password
enable secret. Use enable password
service password-encryption
enable secret
and another
or enable
service
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