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Someone explain these config lines to me please
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If you have CCO login, you can login here and lookup all the commands:
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
These 2 are pretty similar but one is applicable to debug messages and the other to normal log messages. They mean when logging debug/log messages to either the buffer or syslog it will stamp the event with a time since the device was reloaded. You can change the 'uptime' keyword for 'datetime' and it will stamp the events with the actual time they occurred (obviously the router needs to have an accurate time source such as NTP).
no service password-encryption
This means any passwords configured on the router such as line password or the enable password will be shown in clear-text when the config is viewed. I.e.
enable password cisco
If password encryption is enabled (remove the 'no' from service password-encryption) the passwords are stored encrypted:
enable password 7 0FGE653
All this is well documented on CCO and I don't think you need a CCO account to access the documentation.
Andy
service timestamps log uptime
These 2 are pretty similar but one is applicable to debug messages and the other to normal log messages. They mean when logging debug/log messages to either the buffer or syslog it will stamp the event with a time since the device was reloaded. You can change the 'uptime' keyword for 'datetime' and it will stamp the events with the actual time they occurred (obviously the router needs to have an accurate time source such as NTP).
no service password-encryption
This means any passwords configured on the router such as line password or the enable password will be shown in clear-text when the config is viewed. I.e.
enable password cisco
If password encryption is enabled (remove the 'no' from service password-encryption) the passwords are stored encrypted:
enable password 7 0FGE653
All this is well documented on CCO and I don't think you need a CCO account to access the documentation.
Andy
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