Super Password - 3Com Switch 4500 Family Manual

Executing this command without the level argument will switch the current user level to level 3 by
default.
Note that:
Users logged into the switch fall into four user levels, which correspond to the four command levels
respectively. Users at a specific level can only use the commands at the same level or lower levels.
You can switch between user levels after logging into a switch successfully. The high-to-low user
level switching is unlimited. However, the low-to-high user level switching requires the
corresponding authentication. The authentication mode can be set through the super
authentication-mode command.
For security purpose, the password entered is not displayed when you switch to another user level.
You will remain at the original user level if you have tried three times but failed to enter the correct
authentication information.
Related commands: super authentication-mode, super password.
Examples
# Switch from the current user level to user level 3.
<Sysname> super 3
Password:
User privilege level is 3, and only those commands can be used
whose level is equal or less than this.
Privilege note: 0-VISIT, 1-MONITOR, 2-SYSTEM, 3-MANAGE

super password

Syntax
super password [ level level ] { cipher | simple } password
undo super password [ level level ]
View
System view
Parameters
level level: User level, in the range of 1 to 3. It is 3 by default.
cipher: Stores the password in the configuration file in ciphered text.
simple: Stores the password in the configuration file in plain text.
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.
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