Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual page 257

Small business 300 series managed switches command line interface guide release 1.3

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Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands

78-21075-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

If the administrator wants to manually copy a password that was configured on

one switch (for instance, switch B) to another switch (for instance, switch A), the

administrator must add encrypted in front of this encrypted password when

entering the enable command in switch A. In this way, the two switches will have

the same password.

[level privilege-level] {unencrypted-password | encrypted

enable password

encrypted-password}

no enable password

privilege-level

the level is 15. (Range: 1–15)

unencrypted-password

password encrypted

is encrypted. Use this keyword to enter a password that is already

encrypted (for instance that you copied from another the configuration file

of another device). (Range: 1–40)

Default Configuration

Default for level is 15.

Passwords are encrypted by default.

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode

User Guidelines

Passwords are encrypted by default. You only are required to use the encrypted

keyword when you are actually entering an encrypted keyword.

The first command sets an unencrypted password for level 7 (it will be encrypted

in the configuration file).

[level level]

—Level for which the password applies. If not specified

—Password for this level. (Range: 0–159

encrypted-password

—Specifies that the password