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achatz at forthnet

Nov 15, 2006, 1:00 AM

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use "?" in passwords

I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?" character in passwords in cisco configurations?

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mtinka at africaonline

Nov 15, 2006, 1:51 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

On Wednesday 15 November 2006 11:00, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
> I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?"
> character in passwords in cisco configurations?

Not in the configurations I've tried, no.

In UNIX (using bash), we solve this by placing a "\" before some
special characters. I haven't tried to do this on the Cisco CLI,
though.

Mark.

ianh at chime

Nov 15, 2006, 2:56 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

Tassos Chatzithomaoglou <mailto:achatz [at] forthnet> wrote on Wednesday,
15 November 2006 5:00 PM:

> I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?" character
> in passwords in cisco configurations?

Press Control+V before the question mark.

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#username question password answer<control+v>?
Router(config)#

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jay at west

Nov 15, 2006, 3:05 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
> I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?" character in passwords in cisco configurations?

Yes. Precede it with Ctrl-V when configuring.

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steve at stevewrightonline

Nov 15, 2006, 3:08 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

> I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?" character in passwords in cisco configurations?

I know you can use Ctrl+V then ? to get a question mark on the console/vty... not sure how/ if it would accept it into the
configuration though

S

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oboehmer at cisco

Nov 15, 2006, 3:11 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

cisco-nsp-bounces [at] puck <> wrote on :

> I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?"
> character in passwords in cisco configurations?

press "crtl-v" before entering the special "?" character:

R1(config)#username foo password ba<CRTL-V>?r
R1(config)#do sh run | i foo
username foo password 0 ba?r
R1(config)#

be careful with cut&paste of something like this..

oli

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saku+cisco-nsp at ytti

Nov 15, 2006, 3:48 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

On (2006-11-15 12:11 +0100), Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) wrote:

> R1(config)#username foo password ba<CRTL-V>?r
> R1(config)#do sh run | i foo
> username foo password 0 ba?r
> R1(config)#
>
> be careful with cut&paste of something like this..

Also an excellent way to make eg. static route disappear after
reload, configure it with 'name' that contains space.
Yes, I was bitten by it :)

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Nov 15, 2006, 9:02 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

Of course you can : Crtl + V before the ? /
HTH.
lP
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tassos Chatzithomaoglou <achatz [at] forthnet>
>
> I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?" character in passwords
> in cisco configurations?
>
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mahargk at gmail

Nov 15, 2006, 9:18 AM

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Re: use "?" in passwords [In reply to]

On 11/15/06, Ian Henderson <ianh [at] chime> wrote:
> Tassos Chatzithomaoglou <mailto:achatz [at] forthnet> wrote on Wednesday,
> 15 November 2006 5:00 PM:
>
> > I always had this question: Is is possible to use the "?" character
> > in passwords in cisco configurations?
>
> Press Control+V before the question mark.

...and if you want to encrypt it ahead of time, its just a standard
MD5 crypt; just make sure you use 4 digits of salt rather than the 8
commonly used in the UNIX world. (Sure would be nice for an exec-mode
password command, but I digress).
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