Enables a global password encryption policy that overrides username encryption settings.
Global password encryption policy is enabled.
Global configuration mode
If global password encryption policy is enabled, it overrides username encryption settings.
To disable global password encryption policy, enter the no form of this command.
Even if global password encryption policy is disabled, the following username syntax does encrypt that user's password: encryption-level 10.
The following example enables global password encryption policy.
device# configure terminal device(config)# service password-encryption
The following example disables global password encryption policy.
device# configure terminal device(config)# no service password-encryption