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Types of Authentication for SRC User Accounts
You can configure the following types of authentication for user accounts:
- Plain text password—Prompt for a plain text (unencrypted)
password. The requirements
for plain text passwords are:
- Can contain between 6 and 128 characters
- Can include most character classes in a password (uppercase
letters, lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and other
special characters).
Note: We do not recommend that the password include control characters. We do recommend that the password include at least one change of case or character class.
If you configure a plain text password, you are prompted to enter and confirm the password.
- Encrypted password—Password encoded with crypt.
The format of encrypted passwords is "{crypt}<13-characters in
a-zA-Z0-9./>".
Note: We recommend that you do not enter the password in encrypted format.
- SSH—SSH authentication. For SSH authentication, you can copy the contents of an SSH keys file into a CLI session.
Do not configure a plain text password and an encrypted password at the same time because one value will overwrite the other.
