Resetting The Password - Cisco CISCO1750 Installation Manual

Enter the enable command to enter privileged EXEC mode. Configuration
Step 7
changes can be made only in this mode.
Router> enable
The prompt changes to the privileged EXEC prompt:
Router#
Enter the show startup-config command to display an enable password in the
Step 8
configuration file:
Router# show startup-config
Enter the copy startup-config running-config command to return to your startup
Step 9
configuration:
Router# copy startup-config running-config
If you are recovering an enable password, skip the following "Resetting the
Password" section, and complete the password recovery process by performing
the steps in the next section, "Resetting the Configuration Register Value."
If you are recovering an enable secret password, you will not see the display in
the show startup-config command output. Complete the password recovery
process by performing the steps in the following "Resetting the Password"
section.

Resetting the Password

Follow these steps to reset the password:
Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:
Step 1
Router# configure terminal
Enter the enable secret command to reset the enable secret password in the
Step 2
router:
Router(config)# enable secret <gobbledegook>
Enter the config-register command and the original configuration register value
Step 3
that you recorded in Step 5 in the "Changing the Configuration Register" section
earlier in this chapter.
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