Multiple console passwords?
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I have not worked with routers in a long time, but my issue is this:
bob is the admin of 3 routers, he has the same console pass on each.
line con 0
password bobspass
He needs to give joe console access to just 1 router, but does not want to change his own console pass or share his password with joe.
I don't think I can create multiple passwords for console, should I just set it login local and create local users for them?
ie:
username bob privilege 15 password 0 bobpass
username joe privilege 15 password 0 joepass
The only issue I have with this is that I tested this on a lab setup and the passwords are cleartext in the config.
I would like to encrypt them with at least the weak hash (7) but I forget how.
Any tips?
bob is the admin of 3 routers, he has the same console pass on each.
line con 0
password bobspass
He needs to give joe console access to just 1 router, but does not want to change his own console pass or share his password with joe.
I don't think I can create multiple passwords for console, should I just set it login local and create local users for them?
ie:
username bob privilege 15 password 0 bobpass
username joe privilege 15 password 0 joepass
The only issue I have with this is that I tested this on a lab setup and the passwords are cleartext in the config.
I would like to encrypt them with at least the weak hash (7) but I forget how.
Any tips?
Comments
You could also use secret instead of password as part of the username command.
username bob privilege 15 secret 0 bobspassword