Command Line Reference Guide

enable password
Change the password for the enable command.
Syntax
enable password [level level] [encryption-type] password
To delete a password, use the no enable password [encryption-type]
password [level level] command.
Parameters
level level (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword level then a number as the
level of access. The range is from 1 to 15.
encryption-
type
(OPTIONAL) Enter the number 7 or 0 as the encryption type.
Enter a 7 then a text string as the hidden password. The text
string must be a password that was already encrypted by a
Dell Networking router.
Use this parameter only with a password that you copied
from the show running-config file of another Dell
Networking router.
password Enter a text string, up to 32 characters long, as the clear text
password.
Defaults No password is configured. level = 15.
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Version 8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
To control access to command modes, use this command to define a password for
a level and use the privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) command.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
• Start with a letter, not a number.
• Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a
password with a regular expression in it, use CNTL + v prior to entering regular
expression. For example, to create the password abcd]e, you type “abcd CNTL
v ]e”. When the password is created, you do not use the CNTL + v key
combination and enter “
abcd]e”.
NOTE: The question mark (?) and the tilde (~) are not supported characters.
Related
Commands
show running-config — views the current configuration.
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) — controls access to the command
modes within the switch.
Security
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