Allied Telesis CentreCOM FS980M/9 Command Reference Manual page 129

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SER CCESS OMMANDS
ENABLE PASSWORD
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.
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
password. It is not required to use the
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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
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 FS980M Series
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-0.x
command is an alias for the
enable password
enable secret. Use enable password
service password-encryption
service password-encryption
enable secret
and another
or enable
service
command for
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