JetStream  52-Port Gigabit Stackable L3 Managed Switch  CLI Guide 
 
12.8  password 
Description 
The password command is used to configure the connection password. To 
clear the password, please use no password command.   
Syntax 
password
 
{ [ 0 ] 
password 
| 7 
encrypted-password
 }
 
no password
 
Parameter 
0 —— Specify the encryption type. 0 indicates that an unencrypted password 
will follow. By default, the encryption type is 0. 
password
  ——  Connection password, a string from 1 to 31 alphanumeric 
characters or symbols.  The password is case sensitive, allows spaces but 
ignores leading spaces, and cannot contain question marks. By default, it is 
empty.   
7 —— Indicates a symmetric encrypted password with fixed length will follow. 
encrypted-password
 —— A symmetric encrypted password with fixed length, 
which you can copy from another switch’s configuration file. After the 
encrypted password is configured, you should use the corresponding 
unencrypted password if you re-enter this mode.
 
Command Mode 
Line Configuration Mode   
User Guidelines 
If the password you configured here is unencrypted and the global 
encryption function is enabled in service password-encryption
, the 
password in the configuration file will be displayed in the symmetric 
encrypted form. 
Example 
Configure the connection password of Console port connection 0 as “tplink” 
and unencrypted: 
T3700G-52TQ(config)#line console 0 
T3700G-52TQ(config-line)#password 0 tplink 
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