CHAPTER7 CLI-Based Management
Mediant 1000 Gateway & E-SBC | User's Manual
Configuring Password Display in CLI
You can enable the deviceto display passwords in the CLI's show running-config output in
encrypted (obscured) format instead of in plain text. When passwords are displayed encrypted, the
word "obscured" appears after the password.
➢ To enable obscured password display in CLI:
(config-system)# cli-settings
(cli-settings)# password-obscurity on
Below shows two examples of password display - obscured and plain text - in the show run-
ning-config output for a password configured for a Remote Web Service:
â– Password displayed in encrypted (obscured) format:
rest-password 8ZybmJHExMTM obscured
â– Password displayed in plain text:
rest-password John1234
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