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I am trying to reset a password I don't know.
-I power off the switch
-power on and hold down the MODE button until 1x light goes out
-at the switch pronpt I type flash_init it does its thing loading a image
-load_helper
-boot
when I get it booted I type enable and hit return at the password prompt 3 tries and I get a bad secrets ,message
any idea how I should proceed to recover thi password
| I am trying to reset a password I don't know. | -I power off the switch | -power on and hold down the MODE button until 1x light goes out | -at the switch pronpt I type flash_init it does its thing loading a | image | -load_helper | -boot | | when I get it booted I type enable and hit return at the password | prompt 3 tries and I get a bad secrets ,message | | any idea how I should proceed to recover thi password
-After issuing the load_helper command issue the command dir flash:
-Then type the foollowing: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
-Issue the boot command.
-Press "n" to abort initial connfiguration dialog.
-enable
-Type the following: rename flash:config.old flash:config.text
-Then copy the config into memory: copy flash:config.text system:running-config
-conf t
-change the passwords and
-write mem
thanks morph that did the trick!
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