Configuring Password Display in ini File
Passwords can be displayed in the ini file (saved from the Web interface or CLI) as obscured (encrypted) or hidden:
| ■ | Obscured: (Default) The password characters are concealed and displayed as encoded. The password is displayed using the syntax, $1$<obscured password>, for example, $1$S3p+fno=. |
| ■ | Hidden: the password is replaced with an asterisk (*). |
To configure the desired format, use the [INIPasswordsDisplayType] parameter.
| ● | When you upload an ini file to the device containing obscured passwords, the passwords are parsed and applied to the device. |
| ● | When you upload an ini file to the device containing hidden passwords, the passwords are ignored. |
| ● | By default, the format is obscured passwords, thus enabling their full recovery in case of configuration restore or copy to another device. |
| ● | Regardless of the configured password display format, the View mode in the INI Viewer & Editor utility also displays the passwords in plain text (in parenthesis), as shown in the below example: |
