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Maintaining the HP AdvanceStack Internet Router
Recovering Lost Passwords
12. Enter privileged EXEC mode and then enter the show startup-config
13. Scan the configuration file displayed for the passwords (the enable and
C A U T I O N
Do not take the next three steps unless you have determined that you must
change or replace the enable, enable secret, or console passwords. Failure to
follow the steps as shown might cause you to erase your router configuration.
14. Enter the configure memory command to modify or replace passwords
15. Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:
16. Change only the passwords that are necessary for your configuration.
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command to display the passwords in the configuration file:
Router> enable
Router# show startup-config
enable secret passwords are usually near the beginning of the file and the
console password is near the end of the file). An example display follows:
enable secret 5 $1$ORPP$s9syZt4uKn3SnpuLDrhuei
enable password sand
.
.
line con 0
password seashells
Proceed to step 14 to replace an enable secret, console, or enable pass-
word. If there is no enable secret password, note the enable and console
passwords, if they are not encrypted, and proceed to step 17.
in NVRAM:
Router# configure memory
Router# configure terminal
The following example shows how to change all three types of passwords.
The first two lines show how to change the enable secret and enable
passwords. The last two lines show how to change the console password:
Router(config)# enable secret pail
Router(config)# enable password shovel
Router(config)# line con 0
Router(config-line)# password con1
For maximum security, be sure the enable secret and enable passwords
are different.
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