Dell C9000 Series Reference Manual page 1950

password
privilege level
role role-name
secret
sha256-password
Defaults The default encryption type for the password option is 0. The default encryption type
for the secret option is 0.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer
to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version
9.10(0.0)
9.9(0.0)
9.5(0.1)
9.5(0.0)
9.2(1.0)
9.0.2.0
8.3.19.0
8.3.11.1
8.3.7.0
7.7.1.0
7.6.1.0
• 7 to indicate that a password encrypted using a DES
hashing algorithm follows. This encryption type is available
with the password option only.
• 5 to indicate that a password encrypted using an MD5
hashing algorithm follows. This encryption type is available
with the secret option only, and is the default encryption
type for this option.
Enter a string up to 32 characters long.
Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0) to
15.
Enter the keyword role followed by the role name to associate
with that user ID.
Enter the keyword secret then the encryption type.
Enter the keyword sha256-password then the encryption-
type or the password.
Description
Added support for the sha256-password option for S3100,
S3048–ON, S4048–ON, S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000,
S6000–ON, Z9100–ON, MXL, and Z9500.
Introduced on the C9010.
Added support for roles on the Z9500.
Added support for roles on the Z9000, S6000, S4820T, S4810,
MXL.
Introduced on the Z9500.
Introduced on the S6000.
Introduced on the S4820T.
Introduced on the Z9000.
Introduced on the S4810.
Added support for the secret option and the MD5 password
encryption. Extended the name from 25 to 63 characters.
Introduced on the S-Series.
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