What is the purpose of Enable Password?

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Hi,
I have been trying to find the answer for this question :
What is the purpose of Enable Password if we already configured
Enable Secret? Why do we need to put both of this in our command?
Note : Enable password is a clear text password to be able to access to privillage mode but if you put Enable secret (using hashing method to encrypt) is will basicly overide your Enable password. So you have both of this passwords set and when you need to go to privillage mode you will be using Enable secret.
Hope someone can explain to me.
Thanx
I have been trying to find the answer for this question :
What is the purpose of Enable Password if we already configured
Enable Secret? Why do we need to put both of this in our command?
Note : Enable password is a clear text password to be able to access to privillage mode but if you put Enable secret (using hashing method to encrypt) is will basicly overide your Enable password. So you have both of this passwords set and when you need to go to privillage mode you will be using Enable secret.
Hope someone can explain to me.
Thanx
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Do you know which IOS version?
thanx man
Thanx man....
It also recommends to encrypt the enable password and all user mode passwords:
i usually set it to cisco and then immediately
no enable pass ...... when i"m done with setup.
password and Enable secret is because of security.
Imagine you only configure Enable secret and someone downgrade ur IOS then you will not be able to login to your saved configuration.
So that why it wise to configure both Enable password and Enable secret.
Correct me if I'm wrong here....
Nice try, but if someone can get it to downgrade the ios then either A. They already know the enable secret, or B. They are at the router and have done the password recovery procedure and have access anyway.
The setup script has hardly changed between IOS's, If you dont use the setup script then its not a requirement to use the normal enable.