Service Manual

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 Networking router.
Use this parameter only with a password that you copied from the show
running-config le of another Dell Networking router.
password Enter a text string, up to 32 characters long, as the clear text password.
Defaults No password is congured. level = 15.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
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 dene 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
1188
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