I found out that for this command to work you need two things:
First enable password encryption using the command "service
password-encryption
Second you need to write the unencrypted password immediately after the "7"
Thanks
Lw
username engineer password 7cisco
""Brad McConnell"" wrote in message
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> When you use "7" in the command, you're telling it that you're sending it
a
> hidden/encrypted password after the 7, of which "cisco" is not. The IOS
> knows it isn't encrypted, because it's the wrong length. If you want to
use
> cisco as the password and 7 in the command line, you need to put the
> encrypted result of cisco in the command, such as 02050D480809.
Otherwise,
> just enter:
>
> username engineer password cisco
>
> Then use something like:
>
> service password-encryption
>
> ..To encrypt all the passwords.
>
> -Brad McConnell.
>
>
> ""Lists Wizard"" wrote in message
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> > Group,
> >
> > Cab someone tell me why I could not created and encrypted password for
> user
> > "engineer"? I pasted the command output below.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Router(config)#username engineer password 7 cisco
> > Invalid encrypted password: cisco
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