Enable password
The Cisco IOS enable password command configures a credential protecting access to privileged EXEC mode.
Acing the CCNA Exam: Volume 1 Fundamentals and Protocols
The enable password command is a Cisco IOS global-configuration command that configures the password for privileged EXEC access.
- How it is used
- Protects privileged EXEC access from unauthorized configuration changes.
- How deep it goes
- Defines configuration, access behavior, storage risks, and type 7 mitigation, while recommending enable secret instead.
- Examples
- Uses an R1 CLI sequence to configure ccna, return to user EXEC mode, and authenticate again with enable.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure privileged EXEC protection and inspect its cleartext or type 7 representation in running-config.
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Acing the CCNA Exam: Volume 2 Advanced Networking and Security
An enable password is a Cisco IOS credential for entering privileged EXEC mode that may be stored in cleartext or weakly encrypted form.
- How it is used
- Controls privileged EXEC access while illustrating why Cisco IOS password storage must protect credentials at rest.
- How deep it goes
- Defines cleartext, reversible encryption, and hashing, then contrasts enable password with enable secret without detailing authentication internals.
- Examples
- Uses enable password, service password-encryption, and enable algorithm-type scrypt secret commands with running-configuration output.
- What you can do after
- Configure or evaluate Cisco IOS privileged passwords by recognizing type 0, type 7, and hashed alternatives.
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Related concepts
- enable secretcontrasts with · The Cisco IOS enable secret command configures a protected credential for access to privileged EXEC mode.
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