Recovering From A Lost Or Forgotten Password - Cisco Catalyst 2360 Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 28 Troubleshooting
Step 8 Start the file transfer by using TFTP.
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b.
Copy the software image from the TFTP server to the switch:
Step 9
switch: copy tftp:// ip_address / filesystem :/ source-file-url flash: image_filename.bin
Boot up the newly downloaded Cisco IOS image.
Step 10
switch: boot flash: image_filename.bin
Use the archive download-sw privileged EXEC command to download the software image to the
Step 11
switch.
Use the reload privileged EXEC command to restart the switch and to verify that the new software
Step 12
image is operating properly.
Delete the flash:image_filename.bin file from the switch.
Step 13

Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password

The default configuration for the switch allows an end user with physical access to the switch to recover
from a lost password by interrupting the boot process during power-on and by entering a new password.
These recovery procedures require that you have physical access to the switch.
On these switches, a system administrator can disable some of the functionality of this feature by
Note
allowing an end user to reset a password only by agreeing to return to the default configuration. If you
are an end user trying to reset a password when password recovery has been disabled, a status message
shows this during the recovery process.
These sections describes how to recover a forgotten or lost switch password:
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You enable or disable password recovery by using the service password-recovery global configuration
command.
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Specify the IP address of the TFTP server:
switch: set ip_addr ip_address/mask
Specify the default router:
switch: set default_router ip_address
Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled, page 28-4
Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled, page 28-6
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