Allied Telesis AR2050V Command Reference Manual page 169

U A C
SER CCESS OMMANDS
ENABLE SECRET
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 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 Configure an encrypted password using the HIDDEN parameter (8) with the
passwords enable password command. Use this method if you already know the encrypted
string corresponding to the plain text string that you want to use as a password. It
is not required to use the
C613-50186-01 Rev B
enable secret
commands. Do not use both on the same level.
configure terminal
enable secret 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 secret mypasswd
service password-encryption
end
awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password 8 fU7zHzuutY2SA
service password-encryption
!
interface lo
Command Reference for AR2050V
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-1.x
command is an alias for the
enable secret. Use
service password-encryption
service password-encryption
enable password
enable password and another
enable password or enable
service
command for this method.
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