IronPort - daily management guide - AsyncOS 7.6.1

Chapter 8 Common Administrative Tasks
The showconfig, mailconfig, and saveconfig Commands
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Managing the Configuration File
For the configuration commands showconfig, mailconfig, and saveconfig, you are prompted to choose
whether to include passwords in the file that will be mailed or displayed. Choosing not to include
passwords will leave any password field blank. You can choose not to include passwords if you are
concerned about security breaches. However, configuration files without passwords will fail when
loaded using the loadconfig command. See Note About Loading Passwords for Log Subscriptions,
page 8-40.
Note When saving, showing, or mailing your configuration file if you choose to include passwords (answer
yes to “Do you want to include passwords?”) the passwords are encrypted. However, the private keys
and certificates are included in unencrypted PEM format.
The showconfig command prints the current configuration to the screen.
mail3.example.com> showconfig
Do you want to include passwords? Please be aware that a configuration without passwords
will fail when reloaded with loadconfig.