This read-create INTEGER selects how the user's password is stored or displayed by the device, with defined values cipher(0) and simple(1). Admins set this to control whether the password is kept obfuscated (cipher) or handled as plain text (simple) in the device's configuration, which affects how sensitive the credential is if the configuration is exported or viewed. For example, choosing cipher(0) is the safer setting when the running configuration might be backed up or shared for troubleshooting.