Chapter 3: Management Commands 71
password (User
EXEC)
Use this command to allow a user to change the password for only that user. This
command should be used after the password has aged. The user is prompted to
enter the old password and the new password.
The following example shows the prompt sequence for executing the password
command.
(CN1610)>password
Enter old password:********
Enter new password:********
Confirm new password:********
password (aaa IAS
User Config)
This command is used to configure a password for a user. An optional parameter
[encrypted] is provided to indicate that the password given to the command is
already preencrypted.
no password (aaa
IAS User Config)
This command is used to clear the password of a user.
The following shows an example of the command.
(CN1610) #
(CN1610) #configure
(CN1610) (Config)#aaa ias-user username client-1
(CN1610) (Config-aaa-ias-User)#password client123
(CN1610) (Config-aaa-ias-User)#no password
The following is an example of adding a MAB Client to the Internal user
database.
(CN1610) #
Format
password
Mode User EXEC
Format
password password [encrypted]
Mode aaa IAS User Config
Format
no password
Mode aaa IAS User Config