Users Guide

enable secret
Change the password for the enable command.
Syntax
enable secret [level level] [encryption-type] password
To delete a password, use the no enable secret [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 5 or 0 as the encryption type.
Enter a 5 then a text string as the hidden password. The text string must be a
password that was already encrypted by a Dell EMC Networking router.
Use this parameter only with a password that you copied from the show
running-config file of another Dell EMC 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
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell
EMC Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
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”.
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