Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family set authentication password ● 335
Command Reference
set authentication password
Purpose Use the set authentication password command to set a local authentication
password.
Use the undo set authentication password command to remove the local
authentication password.
Syntax set authentication password { simple | cipher } password
undo set authentication password
Parameters simple
Plain text password.
cipher
Encrypted password.
password
If the password format is set to simple, the password
argument must be in plain text. If it is set to cipher,
password can be either in ciphertext or in plain text
depending on what has been input. A plain text
password can be a string of no more than 16
consecutive characters, 1234567 for example. An
encrypted password, however, must comprise 24
characters and in ciphertext,
_(TT8F]Y\5SQ=^Q‘MAF4<1!! for example.
Default By default, Telnet users must provide passwords at login, that is, the
authentication-mode password command applies. If no password is
configured, the following information appears:
Login password has not been set !
Example Set the local authentication password for the user interfaces VTYs 0 through 4 to
huawei.
[3Com-ui-vty0-4] authentication-mode password
[3Com-ui-vty0-4] set authentication password simple huawei
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ User Interface view
Description Regardless of whether the password format is set to plain text or ciphertext, a user
must input plain text password at authentication time.
When configuring a password, you must specify its format either to simple or to
cipher to save it in plain text or ciphertext. In the latter case, the password is displayed