Details Of The Password Recovery Procedure - Cisco 7301 Installation And Configuration Manual

Replacing or Recovering a Lost Password

Details of the Password Recovery Procedure

Complete the following steps to recover or replace a lost enable, enable secret, or console login
password:
Attach an ASCII terminal to the console port on your router.
Step 1
Configure the terminal to operate at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit (9600 8N1).
Step 2
If you can log in to the router as a nonprivileged user, enter the show version command to display the
Step 3
existing configuration register value. Note the value for use later and proceed to Step 6. If you cannot
log in to the router at all, go to the next step.
Step 4 Press the Break key or send a Break from the console terminal. If Break is enabled, the router enters the
ROM monitor, indicated by the ROM monitor prompt (
power cycle the router (turn the router off or unplug the power cord, and then restore power after waiting
30 seconds). Then proceed to Step 5.
Step 5 Within 60 seconds of restoring the power to the router, press the Break key or send a Break. This action
causes the router to enter the ROM monitor and display the ROM monitor prompt (
Set the configuration register using the configuration register utility; enter the confreg command at the
Step 6
ROM monitor prompt as follows:
rommon1> confreg
Answer yes to the enable "ignore system config info?" question, and note the current configuration
Step 7
register settings.
Initialize the router by entering the reset command as follows:
Step 8
rommon2> reset
The router initializes, the configuration register is set to 0x142, and the router boots the system image
from Flash memory and enters the System Configuration Dialog prompt as follows:
--- System Configuration Dialog --
Step 9 Enter no in response to the System Configuration Dialog prompts until the following message is
displayed:
Press RETURN to get started!
Step 10 Press Return. The user EXEC prompt is displayed as follows:
Router>
Enter the enable command to enter privileged EXEC mode. Then enter the show startup-config
Step 11
command to display the passwords in the configuration file as follows:
Router# show startup-config
Scan the configuration file display looking for the passwords (the enable passwords are usually near the
Step 12
beginning of the file, and the console login or user EXEC password is near the end). The passwords
displayed look something like this:
enable secret 5 $1$ORPP$s9syZt4uKn3SnpuLDrhuei
enable password 23skiddoo
.
.
line con 0
password onramp
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). Proceed to Step 6. If Break is disabled,
rommon1>
).
rommon1>
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