Password - Huawei Quidway S8500 Series Command Manual

Command Manual – System Management
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches
Parameter
password-display-mode: Sets the display mode of user password when the switch
displays the local user.
auto: Sets the display mode to what was used in configuring the password. That is, if
the password was configured in cipher mode, it is also displayed in cipher mode, or else,
it is displayed in plain mode.
cipher-force: Forcibly sets the display mode to cipher.
Description
Use the local-user password-display-mode command to set the display mode of the
user password when the switch displays the local user.
Use the undo local-user password-display-mode command to restore the default
mode.
By default, this mode is auto.
Example
# Set the display mode of user password when the switch displays the local user to
cipher-force.
<Quidway> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Quidway] local-user password-display-mode cipher-force

1.3.8 password

Syntax
password [ simple | cipher ] password
undo password
View
Local user view
Parameter
simple: Specifies to display passwords in simple text, ranging from 1 to 63 characters.
cipher: Specifies to display passwords in cipher text, ranging from 1 to 88 characters.
password: Defines a password, which is a character string of up to 63 characters if it is
in simple text and of up to 88 characters if it is in cipher text.
Description
Use the password command to configure a password display mode for local users.
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