11 enable secret – CANOGA PERKINS CanogaOS Command Reference User Manual

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CanogaOS Command Line Reference

Proprietary & Confidential Canoga Pertkins Metro Ethernet Switches

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Command Syntax

enable password {password | 8 encrypted-password}
no enable password

password

Password users type to enter enable mode.

8

Specify the encrypted password.

Encrypted-password

Encrypted password you enter, copied from another switch
configuration.


Default

No password is defined.


Command Mode

Global configuration


Usage

You will not ordinarily enter an encryption type. Typically you enter an encryption type only if you copy
and paste into this command a password that has already been encrypted by a switch.


Examples

The following example enables the password “abcd”:
Switch(config)# enable password abcd
The following example sets the encrypted password “6c8fddf03f120287”, which has been copied from
a switch configuration file, encryption type 8:
Switch(config)# enable password 8 6c8fddf03f120287


Related Commands

cipher detect
service password-encryption

3.11 enable secret

To set a local encrypted password to control access to various privilege levels, use the enable secret
command in global configuration mode.


Command Syntax

enable secret password

password

Assign the privileged level secret.


Default

No password is defined.

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