Administrator Guide

Switch Management Commands 2016
• password — Password for this level. (Range: 8- 64 characters) The
special characters allowed in the password include ! # $ % & ‘ ( ) *
+ , - . / : ; < = > @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~. User names can
contain blanks if the name is surrounded by double quotes.
• encrypted — Encrypted password to be entered, copied from another
switch configuration.
Default Configuration
No password is specified.
Command Mode
Line Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example specifies a password “mcmxxyyy” on a line.
console(config-line)# password mcmxxyyy
show line
Use the show line command to display line parameters.
Syntax
show line [console | telnet | ssh]
• console — Console terminal line.
• telnet — Virtual terminal for remote console access (Telnet).
• ssh — Virtual terminal for secured remote console access (SSH).
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.