Cisco - Passwords

Sets the enable password to test

enable password test

Sets the enable secret password to test1. Supersedes the enable password.

enable secret test1

Changes to line mode to configure the console, aux, and VTY (Telnet).

line line

The line password for aux, console, and VTY (Telnet) are all set in line configuration mode.

password password

When a line is configured to use a password, the login command must be set to prompt for login.

login

Encrypts the passwords in the clear text configuration file (both running-config and startup-config).

service password- encryption

Show passwords in plain text

do show run

To prevent this:

service password-encryption

Display the configuration again:

do show run

NOTE: Passwords cannot be seen anymore in plain text.


To configure the inactive session timeout on the console port or the virtual terminal, use the exec-timeout command.

exec-timeout

When enabled on a console, logging synchronous causes all router status messages to be displayed on a new line.

logging synchronous