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• Related Topics
• Extended DHCP Local Server Overview
• Extended DHCP Relay Agent Overview
• Using External AAA Authentication Services with DHCP
• For information about supported characters in passwords, see “Configuring Special Requirements for Plain-Text Passwords” in the JUNOS System Basics Configuration Guide

Configuring Passwords for Usernames

You can configure an optional password that the extended DHCP application presents to the external AAA authentication service to authenticate the specified username.

To configure a password that authenticates the username:

1. Specify that you want to configure authentication options.
   • For DHCP local server:

     [edit system services dhcp-local-server]

     user@host# edit authentication

   • For DHCP relay agent:

     [edit forwarding-options dhcp-relay]

     user@host# edit authentication

2. Configure the password. (DHCP local server and DHCP relay agent both support the password statement.)

   [edit system services dhcp-local-server authentication]

   user@host# set password myPassworD1234