Users Guide

Enable the obscuring of passwords and keys, including RADIUS, TACACS+ keys, router
authentication strings, VRRP authentication, use the service obscure-passwords
command.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see
the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.6(0.0) Introduced on the S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, Z9000,
Z9500, MXL
Usage Information
By default, the service password-encryption command stores encrypted
passwords. For greater security, you can also use the service obscure-passwords
command to prevent a user from reading the passwords and keys, including RADIUS,
TACACS+ keys, router authentication strings, VRRP authentication by obscuring this
information. Passwords and keys are stored encrypted in the configuration file and by
default are displayed in the encrypted form when the configuration is displayed.
Enabling the
service obscure-passwords command displays asterisks instead of
the encrypted passwords and keys. This command prevents a user from reading these
passwords and keys by obscuring this information with asterisks.
Password obscuring masks the password and keys for display only but does not change
the contents of the file. The string of asterisks is the same length as the encrypted
string for that line of configuration. To verify that you have successfully obscured
passwords and keys, use the show running-config command orshow startup-
config command.
If you are using role-based access control (RBAC), only the system administrator and
security administrator roles can enable the service obscure-password command.
Related
Commands
• show running-config— Display the current configuration and display changes
from the default values.
• service password-encryption— Encrypts all passwords configured in the system.
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