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service password-encryption
service password-encryption
Enables password encryption, so that the password remains secret when the configuration file is
displayed. Use the no form of this command to disable password encryption.
service password-encryption
no service password-encryption
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default Disabled (no encryption)
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History This table includes the following release-specific history entries:
Usage Guidelines Passwords that were configured in an encrypted format are not deciphered when password encryption is
disabled.
Authorization: admin
Examples The following example shows the effect of enabling password encryption.
SCE>enable 10
Password:<cisco>
SCE#config
SCE(config)#enable password abcd 
SCE(config)#do more running-config 
#This is a general configuration file (running-config).
#Created on 10:20:57 ISR TUE July 3 2001
…
enable password level 10 0 “abcd”
…
SCE(config)#service password-encryption 
SCE(config)#do more running-config 
#This is a general configuration file (running-config).
#Created on 10:21:12 ISR TUE July 3 2001
…
service password-encryption
enable password level 10 0 “e2fc714c4727ee9395f324cd2e7f331f”
…
SCE(config)#
Release Modification
2.5.7 This command was introduced.