Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family ppp chap password ● 247
Command Reference
ppp chap password
Purpose Use the ppp chap password command to configure the password for CHAP
authentication.
Use the undo ppp chap password command to cancel the configuration.
Syntax ppp chap password { simple | cipher } password
undo ppp chap password
Parameters password
Password.
simple
Indicates to display the password in plain text.
cipher
Indicates to display the password in ciphertext.
Example Set the username to 3Com, which is to be displayed in plain text in CHAP
authentication.
[3Com-Serial1/0/0] ppp chap password simple 3Com
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Interface view
Description While configuring CHAP authentication, you should configure the local password to
be the same as the user
password at the remote end.
When encrypting randomly generated packets, the authenticatee always looks to the
ppp chap password command for a password prior to the local user database.
Related Commands ■ ppp authentication-mode
■ local-user