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Command Reference Guide
password <password>
Use the password command to configure the password (with optional encryption) required on the line
session when security login is enabled (using the command
command to remove a configured password. Variations of this command include:
password <password>
password md5 <password>
Syntax Description
<password>
md5
Default Values
By default, there is no login password set for access to the unit.
Command History
Release 1.1
Release 6.1
Usage Examples
The following example enables the security login feature and specifies a password on the CONSOLE port:
(config)#line console 0
(config-con 0)#login
(config-con 0)#password mypassword
To provide extra security, AOS can encrypt the enable password when displaying the current configuration.
For example, the following is a show configuration printout (password portion) with an unencrypted
enable password (ADTRAN):
!
enable password ADTRAN
!
Alternately, the following is a show configuration printout (password portion) with an enable password of
ADTRAN using md5 encryption:
!
enable password md5 encrypted 5aa5fbae7d01a90e79fb57705ce74676
!
60000CRG0-35E
Specifies the password for the line session using an alphanumeric
character string (up to 16 characters).
Specifies message digest 5 (MD5) as the encryption protocol to use when
displaying the enable password during show commands. If the MD5
keyword is not used, encryption is not used when displaying the enable
password during show commands.
Command was introduced.
Encryption was added.
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