Administrator Guide

Security Commands 883
Syntax
enable password password [encrypted]
no enable password
• 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. To use the ! character as part
of the username or password string, it should be enclosed within quotation
marks. For example, username “test!xyz” password “test!xyz”.
• encrypted — Encrypted password entered, copied from another switch
configuration.
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The Dell EMC Networking firmware emulates industry standard behavior for
enable mode authentication over SSH and telnet. The default enable
authentication method for telnet and SSH uses the enableNetList method,
which requires an enable password. If users are unable to enter privileged
mode when accessing the switch via telnet or SSH, the administrator will
need to either change the enable authentication method, e.g. to enableList,
or set an enable password. If the encrypted parameter is specified, the
password parameter is stored as entered in the running-config. No attempt is
made to decode the encrypted password. To use the ! character as part of the
username or password string, it should be enclosed within quotation marks.
For example, username “test!xyz” password “test!xyz”.
Example
The following example defines password “xxxyyyzzz” to control access to user
and privilege levels.
console(config)# enable password xxxyyyzzz