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DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch CLI Manual
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PASSWORD ENCRYPTION COMMANDS
The Password Encryption commands in the Command Line Interface (CLI) are listed (along with the appropriate
parameters) in the following table.
Command Parameters
enable password encryption
disable password encryption
create account [admin | operator| user] <username 15>
config account <username> {encrypt [plain_text| sha_1] <password>}
show account
delete account <username>
Each command is listed, in detail, in the following sections.
enable password encryption
Purpose Used to create user accounts.
Syntax
enable password encryption
Description The user account configuration information will be stored in the configuration file, and can be
applied to the system later.
If the password encryption is enabled, the password will be in encrypted form.
Parameters None.
Restrictions Only Administrator can issue this command.
Example usage:
To enable the password encryption:
DGS-3627:admin# enable password encryption
Command: enable password encryption
Success.
DGS-3627:admin#
disable password encryption
Purpose Used to create user accounts
Syntax
disable password encryption
Description The user account configuration information will be stored in the configuration file, and can be
applied to the system later.
When password encryption is diabled, if the user specifies the password in plain text form,
the password will be in plan text form. However, if the user specifies the password in
encrypted form, or if the password has been converted to encrypted form by the last enable
password encryption command, the password will still be in the encrypted form. It can not be