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Using hidden passwords – Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) User Manual

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User Access Commands

Software Reference for x310 Series Switches

5.8

AlliedWare Plus

TM

Operating System - Version 5.4.4C

C613-50046-01 REV A

This results in the following show output

:

Using Hidden Passwords

Configure an encrypted password using the HIDDEN parameter (8) with the enable
password command. Use this method if you already know the encrypted string
corresponding to the plain text string that you want to use as a password. It is not required
to use the

service password-encryption

command for this method. The output in the

configuration file will show only the encrypted string, and not the text string:

This results in the following show output.

Related Commands

enable (Privileged Exec mode)
enable secret
service password-encryption
privilege level
show privilege
username
show running-config

awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password 8 fU7zHzuutY2SA
service password-encryption
!
interface lo

awplus#

configure terminal

awplus(config)#

enable secret 8 fU7zHzuutY2SA

awplus(config)#

end

awplus#show run
Current configuration:
hostname awplus
enable password 8 fU7zHzuutY2SA
!
interface lo