3Com Switch 7750 SeriesCommand Reference Guide – CLI Chapter 1 CLI Configuration Commands1-4password: Password to be set. If you specify the simple keyword, provide thisargument in plain text. If you specify the cipher keyword, you can provide thisargument in either encrypted text or plain text. In this case, a password containing nomore than 16 characters (such as 123) is regarded to be in plain text and is convertedto the corresponding 24-character encrypted form (such as7-CZB#/YX]KQ=^Q`MAF4<1!!) automatically. You can also provide a 24-characterencrypted password directly (such as 7-CZB#/YX]KQ=^Q`MAF4<1!!). In this case, youmust know its corresponding plain-text password is 123.DescriptionUse the super password command to set the password for users to switch to a higheruser level. To prevent unauthorized accesses, you can use this command to requireusers to provide the password when they switch to a higher user level. For securitypurpose, the password a user enters when switching to a higher user level is notdisplayed. A user will remain at the original user level if the user has tried three timesto enter the correct password but fails to do this.Use the undo super password command to cancel the configuration.Note that no matter what form of the password (plain text or encrypted text) is in, thepassword entered for verification must be in plain text.Example# Set the password to switch from the current user level to user level 3 to “zbr”.<3Com> system-viewSystem View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.[3Com] super password level 3 simple zbr
