Administrator Guide

Obscure Password Commands
To enable the obscure password, use the following commands.
service obscure-passwords
Enable the obscuring of passwords and keys.
Syntax
service obscure-passwords
Enable the obscuring of passwords and keys, including RADIUS, TACACS+ keys, router authentication strings,
VRRP authentication, use the service obscure-passwords command.
Defaults Disabled.
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.
9.6(0.0) Introduced on the S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, Z9000, Z9500, MXL
Usage Information
By default, the service password-encryption command stores encrypted passwords. For greater
security, you can also use the service obscure-passwords command to prevent a user from reading the
passwords and keys, including RADIUS, TACACS+ keys, router authentication strings, VRRP authentication by
obscuring this information. Passwords and keys are stored encrypted in the configuration file and by default are
displayed in the encrypted form when the configuration is displayed. Enabling the
service obscure-
passwords command displays asterisks instead of the encrypted passwords and keys. This command prevents a
user from reading these passwords and keys by obscuring this information with asterisks.
Password obscuring masks the password and keys for display only but does not change the contents of the file.
The string of asterisks is the same length as the encrypted string for that line of configuration. To verify that you
have successfully obscured passwords and keys, use the show running-config command orshow
startup-config command.
If you are using role-based access control (RBAC), only the system administrator and security administrator roles
can enable the
service obscure-password command.
Related
Commands
• show running-config— Display the current configuration and display changes from the default values.
• service password-encryption— Encrypts all passwords configured in the system.
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