Changing the Cisco Ethernet Switch Password

There are no user accounts on the Cisco Ethernet switch. The password, which is called the "enable" password, is not specific to a user account.

To change the password for the Cisco Ethernet switch:

Change to enable mode:
```
Switch> enable
```

Set the password:

rasw-ip# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
rasw-ip(config)# enable password password
rasw-ip(config)# enable secret password
rasw-ip(config)# end
rasw-ip# write memory 
*Sep 15 14:25:05.893:%SYS-5-CONFIG_I:Configured from console by console
Building configuration...
Compressed configuration from 2502 bytes to 1085 bytes [OK ]

Save the current configuration:

rasw-ip# copy running-config startup-config

Exit from the session:
```
rasw-ip# exit
```