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Chapter 4
Maintenance and operation functions
4.1 Passwords
4.1.1 Set administrator password
[Syntax]
enable password password
[Parameter]
password : Administrator password
Single-type alphanumeric characters and " and ' and | and > and ? and single-byte symbols other than
space characters (32 characters or less)
The first character must be a single-byte alphanumeric character
[Initial value]
enable password admin
[Input mode]
global configuration mode
[Description]
Specifies the administrator password needed to enter privileged EXEC mode.
You cannot change it to the default password, "admin".
[Note]
If the password was encrypted by the password-encryption command, it is shown in the configuration in the form "enable
password 8 password."
The user cannot enter the password in this form when making configuration settings from the command line.
Automatically set the default administrator password (admin) if no administrator password is set at boot.
[Example]
Specify admin1234 as the administrator password.
SWX3220(config)#enable password admin1234
4.1.2 Encrypt password
[Syntax]
password-encryption switch
no password-encryption
[Parameter]
switch : Set password encryption
Setting value Description
enable Encrypt
disable Don't encrypt
[Initial value]
password-encryption disable
[Input mode]
global configuration mode
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