Password recovery problem

Jul 20, 2005 1 Replies

To all:



We have a Cisco Catalyst 4224 switch/router and I fat fingered the enable secret password while changing it. I am now locked out of privledged mode. My problem gets worse, when I attempt a passoword recovery on the box and interupt its boot process the machine hangs at the Rommon prompt. I can power down/up and it will boot properly it I don't interupt it. Any ideas?



Thanks in advance,



PG


Hi Phil,

Try this:

set authorization exec enable if-authenticated none console set authorization exec enable if-authenticated none telnet

Should be your enable secret password that you have configured on your switch.

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Also you may wish to investigate Solarwinds - How to reset an enable secret password via SNMP.

Ever mistype a password.... or have the only person that knows the passwords go on vacation or quit .... ?

The SolarWinds Config Uploader can easily reset any login or enable password on a Cisco router or switch. You do not need to know the password, just the router/switch's SNMP read-write community string.

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Encrypted passwords you can feed into the Boson GetPass Utility to receive the unencrypted version:

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Hope this helps.

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