Obscure Password Commands; Service Obscure-Passwords - Dell Z9500 Reference Manual

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Obscure Password Commands

To enable the obscure password, use the following commands.

Enable the obscuring of passwords and keys.

service obscure-passwords

Enable the obscuring of passwords and keys, including RADIUS, TACACS+ keys,

router authentication strings, VRRP authentication, use the service obscure-

passwords command.

CONFIGURATION

This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,

refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.

Version 9.6.0.0

By default, the service password-encryption command stores encrypted

passwords. For greater security, you can also use the service obscure-

passwords command to prevent a user from reading the passwords and keys,

including RADIUS, TACACS+ keys, router authentication strings, VRRP

authentication by obscuring this information. Passwords and keys are stored

encrypted in the configuration file and by default are displayed in the encrypted

form when the configuration is displayed. Enabling the service obscure-

passwords command displays asterisks instead of the encrypted passwords and

keys. This command prevents a user from reading these passwords and keys by

obscuring this information with asterisks.

Password obscuring masks the password and keys for display only but does not

change the contents of the file. The string of asterisks is the same length as the

encrypted string for that line of configuration. To verify that you have successfully

obscured passwords and keys, use the show running-config command or

show startup-config command.

Introduced on the E-Series.

Introduced on the S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, Z9000,