Enable Secret - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Command Reference Manual

enable secret

enable secret
To enable a secret password for a specific privilege level, use the enable secret command. To disable the
password, use the no form of this command.
enable secret [0| 5] password [priv-lvl priv-lvl| all]
no enable secret [0| 5] password [priv-lvl priv-lvl| all]
Syntax Description
0
5
password
priv-lvl priv-lvl
all
Command Default
Disabled
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Release
5.0(2)
Usage Guidelines
To use this command, you must enable the cumulative privilege of roles for command authorization on
TACACS+ servers using the feature privilege command.
This command does not require a license.
Examples This example shows how to enable a secret password for a specific privilege level:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# feature privilege
switch(config)# enable secret 5 def456 priv-lvl 15
switch(config)# username user2 priv-lvl 15
switch(config)#
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(Optional) Specifies that the password is in clear text.
(Optional) Specifies that the password is in encrypted
format.
Password for user privilege escalation. It contains up
to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.
(Optional) Specifies the privilege level to which the
secret belongs. The range is from 1 to 15.
Adds or removes all privilege level secrets.
Modification
This command was introduced.
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