Reference Guide

password (Line Configuration)
Use the password command in Line Configuration mode to specify a password on a line. The default
configuration is no password is specified.
Format password [password [encrypted]]
Mode Line Config
Parameter Definition
password
Password for this level. Range is 8-64 characters
encrypted Encrypted password to be entered, copied from another switch configuration. The encrypted
password should be 128 characters long because the assumption is that this password is
already encrypted with AES.
The following examples show three dierent ways of using the command.
(Extreme 220)(Config-line)# password testtest
(Extreme 220) (Config-line)# password
e8d63677741431114f9e39a853a15e8fd35ad059e2e1b49816c243d7e08152b052eafbf23b528d348cdba1b1b7a
b91be842278e5e970dbfc62d16dcd13c0b864 encrypted
(Extreme 220) (Config-line)# password
Enter new password:********
Confirm new password:********
no password (Line Configuration)
Use this command to remove the password on a line.
Format
no password
Mode Line Config
password (User EXEC)
Use this command to allow a user to change the password for only that user. This command should be
used after the password has aged. The user is prompted to enter both the old and new passwords.
Format
password
Mode User EXEC
The following example shows the prompt sequence for executing the password command.
(Extreme 220)>password
Enter old password:********
Enter new password:********
Confirm new password:********
Management Commands
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