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Setting or Changing a Static Enable Password, Feature, Default Setting, Command, Purpose
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Chapter 5 Administering the Bridge Protecting Access to Privileged EXEC Commands Table 5-1 Default Password and Privilege Levels (continued) Feature Enable secret password and privilege level Line password Default Setting The default enable password is Cisco. The default is level 15 (privileged EXEC level). The password is encrypted before it is written to the configuration file. Default password is Cisco. The password is encrypted in the configuration file. Setting or Changing a Static Enable Password The enable password controls access to the privileged EXEC mode. Note The no enable password global configuration command removes the enable password, but you should use extreme care when using this command. If you remove the enable password, you are locked out of the EXEC mode. Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to set or change a static enable password: Step 1 Step 2 Command configure terminal enable password password Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 end show running-config copy running-config startup-config Purpose Enter global configuration mode. Define a new password or change an existing password for access to privileged EXEC mode. The default password is Cisco. 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 question mark (?) character if you precede the question mark with the key combination Crtl-V when you create the password; for example, to create the password abc?123, do this: 1. Enter abc. 2. Enter Crtl-V. 3. 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. Return to privileged EXEC mode. Verify your entries. (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file. The enable password is not encrypted and can be read in the bridge configuration file. This example shows how to change the enable password to l1u2c3k4y5. The password is not encrypted and provides access to level 15 (traditional privileged EXEC mode access): bridge(config)# enable password l1u2c3k4y5 OL-4059-01 Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridges Software Configuration Guide 5-3
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