Enable password – Allied Telesis AT-DC2552XS User Manual
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Chapter 3: Basic Command Line Management Commands
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ENABLE PASSWORD
Syntax
enable password [8]
password
Parameters
8
Specifies that the password is encrypted.
password
Specifies a password. A plaintext password is case-sensitive and
can have up to 16 alphanumeric characters including special
characters. Spaces are not permitted.
Mode
Global Configuration mode
Description
Use this command to specify a password to enable management accounts
with a privilege level of 1 to move to the Privilege Exec mode from the
User Exec mode. By default, the password is not specified and
management accounts with a privilege level of 1 are restricted to the User
Exec mode.
For management accounts with privilege level 1 to move to the Privilege
Exec mode from the User Exec mode, you must set a password with this
command. Then you must enter this password with the ENABLE
command.
Note
Management accounts with a privilege level of 15 are permitted to
move to the Privilege Exec mode without entering a password.
Confirmation Command
show running-config
Example
This example specifies the password as “
x8pgHUdh
”:
awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus# enable password x8pgHUdh