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Chapter6 Administering the Swi tc h Protecting Access to Privileged EXEC Comman d s
Default Password and Privilege Level Configuration
Table 6 -1 shows the default password and privilege level conf igur ati on .
Setting or Changing a Static Enable Password
The enable password controls access to the privileged EXEC mode. Beginning in privileged EXEC
mode, follow these steps to set or change a static enable password:
To remove the password, use the no enable password global configuration command.
Table6-1 Default Password and Privilege Levels
Feature Default Setting
Enable password and privilege level No password is defined. The default is level 15 (privileged EXEC level).
The password is not encrypted in the configuration file.
Enable secret password and privilege level No password is defined. The default is level 15 (privileged EXEC level).
The password is encrypted before it is written to the configuration file.
Line password No password is defined.
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 enable password password Define a new password or change an existing password for acce ss to
privileged EXEC mode.
By default, no password is defined.
For password, specify a string from 1 to 25 alphanumeric characters. The
string cannot start with a number, is case sensitive, and allows spaces but
ignores leading spaces. It can contain the q ue sti o n m ar k (?) ch ar ac ter if
you precede the question mark with the key combination C rtl-v when you
create the password; for example, to create the password abc?123, do this:
Enter abc.
Enter Crtl-v.
Enter ?123.
When the system prompts you to enter the enable password, you need not
precede the question mark with the Ctrl-v; you can simply enter abc?123
at the password prompt.
Step3 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step4 show running-config Verify your entries.
Step5 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
The enable password is not encrypted and can be read in the switch
configuration file.