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password: Password to be set. If the simple keyword is used, you must provide a plain-text
password, that is, a string of 1 to 16 characters. If the cipher keyword is used, you can
provide a password in either of the two ways:
Input a plain-text password, that is, a string of 1 to 16 characters, which will be
automatically converted into a 24-character cipher-text password.
Directly input a cipher-text password, that is, a string of 1 to 24 characters, which must
correspond to a plain-text password. For example, The cipher-text password
"_(TT8F]Y\5SQ=^Q`MAF4<1!!" corresponds to the plain-text password 1234567.
Description
Use the super password command to set a switching password for a specified user level,
which will be used when users switch from a lower user level to the specified user level.
Use the undo super password command to restore the default configuration.
By default, no such password is set.
Note that, no matter whether a plain-text or cipher-text password is set, users must enter
the plain-text password during authentication.
Examples
# Set the switching password for level 3 to 0123456789 in plain text.
<Sysname> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Sysname] super password level 3 simple 0123456789
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