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Function: Modify the password to enter Admin Mode from the User Mode, press Enter
after type in this command displays <Current password> and <New password>
parameter for the users to configure.
Parameter: 0 is normal user access level, users can enter Admin Mode and conduct
major commands such as show, ping and trace route etc. But users can‘t enter Global
Mode. 15 is privileged user level. In this level, users can conduct all the command of this
level. <Current password> is the original password, up to 16 characters are allowed;
<New password> is the new password, up to 16 characters are allowed; <Confirm new
password> is to confirm the new password and should be the same as <New
password>, otherwise, the password will need to be set again.
Command mode: Global Mode
Default: If users don’t specify the level, the default level is 15,upon first time start-up, the
Admin user password is empty. If this is the first configuration, simply press Enter on
prompting for current password.
Usage Guide: Configure Admin user password to prevent unauthorized access from
non-admin user. It is recommended to set the Admin user password at the initial switch
configuration. Also, it is recommended to exit Admin Mode with “exit” command when the
administrator needs to leave the terminal for a long time.
Example: Set the Admin user password to “admin”.
Switch(Config)#enable password
Current password: (First time configuration, no password set, just press Enter)
New password: ***** (Type in admin to set the new password to “admin”)
Confirm New password: ***** (Type admin again to confirm the new password)
Switch(Config)#
Related command: enable
Command: exec timeout <minutes >
Function: Set timeout value for exiting Admin Mode
Parameter: < minute > is the time in minutes, the valid range is 0 to 300.
Command mode: Global Mode
Default: The default value is 5 minutes.
Usage Guide: To ensure security for the switch and prevent malicious operation of
unauthorized user, timeout count will start after the last configuration by the Admin user.
And the system will automatically exit the Admin Mode upon preset timeout threshold. If
the user needs to enter Admin Mode, Admin user password needs to be entered again. A