enable password

Description

Use the enable password command to set the password required to enter Privileged EXEC mode.

Use the no form of the command to remove the requirement of a password to enter Privileged EXEC mode.

Syntax

enable password <password>
no enable password

enable password 0 <cleartext password>

enable password 7 <encrypted password>

Arguments

password <password>	Sets the password required to enter enable mode. By default, it will be in cleartext. Use the no form of this command to remove the requirement of a password to enter Privileged EXEC mode.
password 0 <cleartext password>	Sets the enable password with a cleartext string.
password 7 <encrypted password>	Sets the enable password with an encrypted string. Encrypted password entries aren’t visible when viewing a history of commands.

Defaults

None.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See the following related commands:

n

“disable”

n

“enable”

Usage Guidelines

n	To require the cleartext password, ratchet, for entering enable mode:

<silver-peak> (config) # enable password 0 ratchet

n	To remove the need for a password for entering enable mode:

<silver-peak> (config) # no enable password

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