RE: Entering ? in password

From: Brian Dennis (bdennis@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Mon Jul 26 2004 - 13:17:48 GMT-3


John,
        It's not undocumented. It's documented in atleast two places on
the DocCD.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/
ffun_c/ffcprt1/fcf001.htm#1001965

Designating a Keystroke as a Command Entry
You can configure the system to recognize particular keystroke (key
combination or sequence) as command aliases. In other words, you can set
a keystroke as a shortcut for executing a command. To enable the system
to interpret a keystroke as a command, use the either of the following
key combinations before entering the command sequence:

Keystrokes Purpose
Ctrl-V or Esc, Q
 Configures the system to accept the following keystroke as a
user-configured command entry (rather than as an editing command).

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/
fsecur_r/fothercr/srfpass.htm#wp1017497

Can contain the question mark (?) character if you precede the question
mark with the key combination Crtl-v when you create the password; for
example, to create the password abc?123, do the following:

-Enter abc.

-Type Crtl-v.

-Enter ?123.

Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security)
bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
http://www.InternetworkExpert.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
john matijevic
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:20 AM
To: 'James'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Entering ? in password

Hello James,
This is one of those things that is undocumented, you have to hit a
ctrl-v, then put in the question mark.

Sincerely,

John Matijevic, CCIE #13254, MCSE, CNE, CCEA
Network Consultant
Hablo Espanol
305-321-6232

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
James
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 11:16 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Entering ? in password

Hi,

Sorry if this was asked before... been googling for the past 20 minutes
and
ran out of patience :(

How does one enter "?" into password in IOS, without getting IOS to
interpret
that as command help request?

Thanks!
-J

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