Recovering a Lost Password
Resetting the Password
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Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Resetting the Configuration Register Value
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Follow these steps to reset an enable secret password and restore the configuration
of the router:
Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:
Router# configure terminal
Enter the enable secret command to reset the enable secret password in the
router:
Router(config)# enable secret <gobbledegook>
Enter the config-register command and the original configuration register value
that you recorded in
Step 5
section on page
3-2.
Press Ctrl-Z to exit configuration mode.
Router(config)# Ctrl-Z
Save your configuration changes:
Router# copy running-config startup-config
Reboot the router, and enter the enable secret password.
Follow these steps to restore the configuration of the router after you have
recovered an enable password:
Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:
Router# configure terminal
Enter the config-register command and the original configuration register value
that you recorded in
Step 5
section on page
3-2.
in the
"Determining the Configuration Register Value"
in the
"Determining the Configuration Register Value"
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