Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family password ● 187
Command Reference
password
Purpose Use the password command to configure a password for a local user.
Use the undo password command to cancel the password of the local user.
Syntax password { simple | cipher } password
undo password
Parameters simple
Specifies to display passwords in simple text.
cipher
Specifies to display passwords in cipher text.
password
Defines a password. When input in simple text, it is a
string of 1 to 48 characters, for example, 1234567.
When input in cipher text, it is a string of 24 or 64
characters, for example, _(TT8F]Y\5SQ=^Q‘MAF4<1!!.
Cipher-text password, is available however only when
the cipher keyword is specified.
Example Display the password of the user 3Com1 in simple text, with the password being
20030422.
[3Com-luser-3Com1] password simple 20030422
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Local User view
Description If local-user password-display-mode cipher-force applies, the effort
of specifying in the
password command to display passwords in simple text is
rendered useless.
The ciphertext password set by the password cipher command could be 24 or 64
characters long in V 2.41 RT-0011 or later versions, but it is only 24 characters long in
ealier versions. As this may cause password loss when you downgrade V 2.41
RT-0011 or later versions to an ealier version of V 2.41 RT-0011, you are
recommended to back up your configuration file before doing that.
Related Command display local-user