Config Account - D-Link xstack DGS-3620 series Reference Manual

xStack® DGS-3620 Series Layer 3 Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch CLI Reference Guide
Restrictions
Only Administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example
To disable password encryption:
DGS-3620-28PC:admin#disable password encryption
Command: disable password encryption
Success.
DGS-3620-28PC:admin#
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config account

Description
When the password information is not specified in the command, the system will prompt the user
to input the password interactively. For this case, the user can only input the plain text password.
If the password is present in the command, the user can select to input the password in the plain
text form or in the encrypted form. The encryption algorithm is based on SHA-1.
Format
config account <username 15> {encrypt [plain_text | sha_1] <password>}
Parameters
<username 15> - Enter the name of the account. The account must already be defined.
encrypt - (Optional) Specifies the encryption type, plain_text or sha_1.
plain_text - Specifies the password in plain text form. For the plain text form, passwords must
have a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 characters. The password is case-sensitive
sha_1 - Specifies the password in the SHA-1 encrypted form. For the encrypted form
password, the length is fixed to 35 bytes long. The password is case-sensitive.
<password> - Enter the password.
Restrictions
Only Administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example
To configure the user password of the "dlink" account:
DGS-3620-28PC:admin#config account dlink
Command: config account dlink
Enter a old password:****
Enter a case-sensitive new password:****
Enter the new password again for confirmation:****
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