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Posted by gselser on August 22, 2006, 10:44 am
Please log in for more thread options on. I know the current enable password. When I go into config t mode I type in "enable password <the new password>". I exit with ctrl z and
write mem. When I logout and log back in I have to still use the old
password, the new one will not work. I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. The only other thing is that I have the service password-encryption turned on, could this be causing the problem and if so what do I need to do to fix it. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks Glenn | |||||||||||||
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Posted by James on August 22, 2006, 10:49 am
Please log in for more thread options gselser wrote: > I have a cisco 1601 router that I want to change the enable password
> on. I know the current enable password. When I go into config t mode I > type in "enable password <the new password>". I exit with ctrl z and > write mem. When I logout and log back in I have to still use the old > password, the new one will not work. I am not sure what I am doing > wrong here. The only other thing is that I have the service > password-encryption turned on, could this be causing the problem and if > so what do I need to do to fix it. Any help or suggestions will be > appreciated. > Thanks > Glenn Is there also an "enable secret" command in the config? If so try:- conf t no enable password enable secret <the new password>
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Posted by Rainer Temme on August 22, 2006, 11:22 am
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>> enable password <the new password>
> conf t
> no enable password > enable secret <the new password> I think the enable secret should be preferred because its not easily decodable. but forms have a number before the actual password (IIRC) enable secret 0 <the_password_in_clear_text>
or enable password 0 <the_password_in_clear_text>
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Posted by gselser on August 22, 2006, 11:24 am
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James wrote: > gselser wrote:
> > I have a cisco 1601 router that I want to change the enable password
> > on. I know the current enable password. When I go into config t mode I > > type in "enable password <the new password>". I exit with ctrl z and > > write mem. When I logout and log back in I have to still use the old > > password, the new one will not work. I am not sure what I am doing > > wrong here. The only other thing is that I have the service > > password-encryption turned on, could this be causing the problem and if > > so what do I need to do to fix it. Any help or suggestions will be > > appreciated. > > Thanks > > Glenn >
Yes I think there is a enable secret password. What is the difference
> Is there also an "enable secret" command in the config? > > If so try:- > > conf t > no enable password > enable secret <the new password> > > James between the enable and secret password or are they the same? Also is it okay to keep the service password-encryption on? Glenn | |||||||||||||
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Posted by AM on August 22, 2006, 11:35 am
Please log in for more thread options gselser wrote:
> James wrote:
> Yes I think there is a enable secret password. What is the difference
> between the enable and secret password or are they the same? "enable secret" stores the password in a way that can not be decrypted. It wins over "enable password" as method that allows access to privilege mode. So you were changing something that wasn't used when authoriziting you to the privilege mode. > Also is it okay to keep the service password-encryption on?
Yes of course, even if the encryption algorithm is very weak. Can be decrypted in few milliseconds. HTH Alex. | |||||||||||||
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