cisco:passwords
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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.
cisco/passwords.1613737599.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/02/19 12:26 by peter