Technical information

6-36 Compaq AlphaServer ES40 Service Guide
➊
Setting a password. If a password has not been set and the set password
command is issued, the console prompts for a password and verification.
The password and verification are not echoed.
➋
Changing a password. If a password has been set and the set password
command is issued, the console prompts for the new password and verifica-
tion, then prompts for the old password. The password is not changed if the
validation password entered does not match the existing password stored in
NVRAM.
➌
The password length must be between 15 and 30 alphanumeric characters.
Any characters entered after the 30th character are not stored.
Example 6–3 set secure
P00>>> set secure ➊
Console is secure. Please login.
P00>>> login
➋
Please enter the password:
P00>>> b dkb0
➊
The set secure command console puts the console into secure mode. A
password must be set before you can issue set secure. Once the console is
secure, only the boot and continue commands can be used. The boot
command cannot take command-line parameters.
➋
Entering the login command turns off security features for the current
console session. This allows the operator to enter any SRM command—in
this case, a boot command with command-line parameters.
Example 6–4 clear password
P00>>> clear password
Please enter the password:
Password successfully cleared.
P00>>>
Clearing the password returns the system to user mode.