C613-50100-01 REV C Command Reference for x930 Series 2141
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.6-1.x
AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS
AUTH
-MAC PASSWORD
auth-mac password
Overview This command changes the password for MAC-based authentication.
Use the no variant of this command to return the password to its default.
Syntax
auth-mac [encrypted] password <password>
no auth-mac password
Default By default, the password is the MAC address of the supplicant
Mode Global Configuration
Usage Changing the password increases the security of MAC-based authentication,
because the default password is easy for an attacker to discover. This is particularly
important if:
• some MAC-based supplicants on the network are intelligent devices, such as
computers, and/or
• you are using two-step authentication (see the “Ensuring Authentication
Methods Require Different Usernames and Passwords” section of the AAA
and Port Authentication Feature_Overview and Configuration Guide).
Examples To change the password to verySecurePassword, use the commands:
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# auth-mac password verySecurePassword
Validation
Command
show running-config
Related
Commands
auth two-step enable
show auth
Parameter Description
auth-mac MAC-based authentication
encrypted Specify an encrypted password
password Configure the password
<password> The new password. Passwords can be up to 64 characters in length
and can contain any printable characters except
•?
• " (double quotes)
•space
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