Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 3000 Ethernet Family
Command Reference Guide Chapter 5 User Interface Configuration Commands
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all: Sends messages to all user interfaces.
type-name: User interface type.
Description
Use the send command to transfer messages between user interfaces.
Use the send all command to send messages to all user interfaces.
Use the send number command to send messages to the user interface specified by its
absolute index.
Use the send type-name number command to send messages to the user interface
specified by its interface type and relative index.
For the user interface numbering rules, refer to the section “Numbering User
Interfaces” in the chapter “User Interface Configuration” of V 2.41 Operation Manual –
System Management.
Example
# Send messages to the console interface.
<3com> send con 0
Enter message, end with CTRL+Z or Enter; abort with CTRL+C:
Hello,good morning!
Send message? [Y/N]
5.1.24 set authentication password
Syntax
set authentication password { simple | cipher } password
undo set authentication password
View
User interface view
Parameter
simple: Plain text password.
cipher: Encrypted password.
password: If the password format is set to simple, the password argument must be in
plain text. If it is set to cipher, password can be either in ciphertext or in plain text
depending on what has been input. A plain text password can be a string of no more
than 16 consecutive characters, 1234567 for example. An encrypted password,
however, must comprise 24 characters and in ciphertext, _(TT8F]Y\5SQ=^Q`MAF4<1!!
for example.