Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) - Manual (Page 93)

User Access Commands
Software Reference for x310 Series Switches
C613-50046-01 REV A AlliedWare Plus TM Operating System - Version 5.4.4C 5.7
Note that the enable secret command is an alias for the enable password command and
one password per privilege level is allowed using these commands. Do not assign one
password to a privilege level with
enable password and another password to a privilege
level with enable secret . Use enable password or enable secret commands. Do not use
both on the same level.
Using Plain Passwords
The plain password is a clear text string that appears in the configuration file as
configured.
This results in the following show output
Using Encrypted Passwords
Configure an encrypted password using the service password-encryption command.
First, use the enable password command to specify the string that you want to use as a
password (mypasswd). Then, use the
service password-encryption command to encrypt
the specified string (mypasswd). The advantage of using an encrypted password is that
the configuration file does not show mypasswd, it will only show the encrypted string
fU7zHzuutY2SA
.
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# enable secret mypasswd
awplus(config)# end
awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password mypasswd
!
interface lo
Note Do not use encrypted passwords for GUI users. The GUI requires unencrypted
user passwords only - not encrypted user passwords. Do not use option 8 for
GUI users.
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# enable secret mypasswd
awplus(config)# service password-encryption
awplus(config)# end