D-Link DGS-6600-48TS Configuration Guide - Page 63

Volume 1-Configuration Fundamentals / Chapter 5-User Account Configuration Creating and Configuring Enabled Passwords In the following example, the user logs into the switch with the user name "user1": DGS-6600:2>login User Access Verification Username: user1 Password: DGS-6600 Chassis-based High-Speed Switch Command Line Interface Firmware: 3.00.080 Copyright (c) 2012 D-Link Corporation. All rights reserved. DGS-6600:2> Encrypting Passwords By default, passwords defined by the username and enable commands are stored in plain-text form in the configuration file, unless the specified password is in encrypted form when the user account is setup. In order to increase security, the password encryption command can be used to encrypt plain-text form passwords. To encrypt all the passwords defined by the username commands, use the following command in global configuration mode: Command password encryption Explanation Encrypts the passwords defined by the username command. NOTICE: The no password encryption command can be used to disable the encryption of passwords in the configuration file. However, passwords that were created in encrypted form or passwords that were converted to encrypted form by the last password encryption command will remain in encrypted form and cannot be reverted back to plain text form. The following example encrypts the passwords of user accounts and the authentication password: DGS-6600:15#configure terminal DGS-6600:15(config)#password encryption DGS-6600:15(config)#end NOTE: Even if the no password encryption command has been entered on the Switch, the password of a user account can still be encrypted by specifying the encrypted option with the username command. DGS-6600 Configuration Guide 63