Hi,
When you create the username you don't need to specify that it's a level 5 password. You can simply enter username user password password and the password will be protected.
If you look at the following I'm adding a username fred with a password of fred, but when viewed in the configuration you can see it's not stored as plain text, but with level 5 protection.
ocs5548-1# conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
ocs5548-1(config)# sh run | in ^username
username admin password 5 $1$JhlAJ3YT$1XIssO4c36UAxeKYNO7Lj1 role network-admin
ocs5548-1(config)# username fred password fred
ocs5548-1(config)# sh run | in ^username
username admin password 5 $1$JhlAJ3YT$1XIssO4c36UAxeKYNO7Lj1 role network-admin
username fred password 5 $1$7o7ikOvm$Qy63KoVm5WgrOAbi5M/PS0 role network-operator
In so far as recovering those passwords, level 5 passwords are protected by MD5 and so cannot be simply recovered in the same way as the level 7 password you see in IOS.
Regards
