E Commands

This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS security commands that begin with E.

enable

To enable a user to move to a higher privilege level after being prompted for a secret password, use the enable command.

enable level

Syntax Description

level

Privilege level to which the user must log in. The only available level is 15.


Command Default

Privilege level 15

Command Modes

EXEC configuration mode

Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

To use this command, you must enable the cumulative privilege of roles for command authorization on TACACS+ servers using the feature privilege command.

Examples

This example shows how to enable the user to move to a higher privilege level after being prompted for a secret password: 

switch# enable 15

switch# 

 
   
 
    
   
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          Command 
        
 		 
        
        

          Description 
        
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 enable secret 
 		 
       
 Enables a secret password for a specific privilege level. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 feature privilege 
 		 
       
 Enables the cumulative privilege of roles for command authorization on TACACS+ servers. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 show privilege 
 		 
       
 Displays the current privilege level, username, and status of cumulative privilege support. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 username 
 		 
       
 Enables a user to use privilege levels for authorization. 
 		 
      
 
      
    
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
    
     
    
    
    
   
 enable secret 
 
    
   
 To enable a secret password for a specific privilege level, use the enable secret command. To disable the password, use the no form of this command. 
 
    
   
enable secret [0 | 5] password [all | priv-lvl priv-lvl] 
 
    
   
no enable secret [0 | 5] password [all | priv-lvl priv-lvl] 
 
    
   
 Syntax Description
 
   
 
    
 
      
      
      
 
       
 0 
 		 
       
 (Optional) Specifies that the password is in clear text. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 5 
 		 
       
 (Optional) Specifies that the password is in encrypted format. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 password 
 		 
       
 Password for user privilege escalation. It contains up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 all 
 		 
       
 (Optional) Adds or removes all privilege level secrets. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 priv-lvl priv-lvl 
 		 
       
 (Optional) Specifies the privilege level to which the secret belongs. The range is from 1 to 15. 
 		 
      
 
      
    
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
    
   
 Command Default 
 
    
   
 Disabled 
 
    
   
 Command Modes 
 
    
   
 Global configuration mode 
 
    
   
 Command History
 
   
 
    
 
      
      
      
 
        
        

          Release 
        
 		 
        
        

          Modification 
        
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 5.0(2)N1(1) 
 		 
       
 This command was introduced. 
 		 
      
 
      
    
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
    
   
 Usage Guidelines 
 
    
   
 To use this command, you must enable the cumulative privilege of roles for command authorization on TACACS+ servers using the feature privilege command. 
 
    
   
 Examples 
 
    
   
 This example shows how to enable a secret password for a specific privilege level: 
 
    
   
 
    
switch# configure terminal

 
   
 
    
   
 
    
switch(config)# feature privilege

 
   
 
    
   
 
    
switch(config)# enable secret 5 def456 priv-lvl 15

 
   
 
    
   
 
    
switch(config)# username user2 priv-lvl 15

 
   
 
    
   
 
    
switch(config)#

 
   
 
    
   
 
    
 
   
 
    
   
 Related Commands
 
   
 
    
 
      
      
      
 
        
        

          Command 
        
 		 
        
        

          Description 
        
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 enable 
 		 
       
 Enables the user to move to a higher privilege level after being prompted for a secret password. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 feature privilege 
 		 
       
 Enables the cumulative privilege of roles for command authorization on TACACS+ servers. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 show privilege 
 		 
       
 Displays the current privilege level, username, and status of cumulative privilege support. 
 		 
      
 
      
 
       
 username 
 		 
       
 Enables a user to use privilege levels for authorization.