Reference Guide

enable secret
Change the password for the enable command.
S5000
Syntax
enable secret [level level] [encryption-type] password
To delete a password, use the no enable secret [encryption-type]
password [level level] command.
Parameters
level level (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword level followed by a number
as the level of access. The range is from 1 to 15.
encryption-
type
(OPTIONAL) Enter the number 5 or 0 as the encryption type.
Enter a 5 followed by a text string as the hidden password.
The text string must be a password that was already
encrypted by a Dell Networking router.
Use this parameter only with a password that you copied
from the show running-config file of another Dell
Networking router.
password Enter a text string, up to 32 characters long, as the clear text
password.
Defaults No password is configured. level = 15.
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
Use this command to define a password for a level and use the privilege level
(CONFIGURATION mode) command to control access to command modes.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
• Start with a letter, not a number.
• Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a
password with a regular expression in it, you must use CNTL + v prior to
entering regular expression. For example, to create the password abcd]e, you
type “abcd CNTL v ]e”. When the password is created, you do not use the
CNTL + v key combination and enter “
abcd]e”.
NOTE: The question mark (?) and the tilde (~) are not supported characters.
Related
Commands
show running-config – views the current configuration.
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) – controls access to the command modes
within the switch.
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