Dealing With Password Loss; Bootware Password Loss - 3Com H3C SECPATH F5000-A5 ADVANCED VPN FIREWALL 12-PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET MODULE Installation Manual

For details about the delete and undelete commands, refer to H3C SecPath Series Security Products
User Manual.

Dealing with Password Loss

When the BootWare password, user password or super password is lost, resort to the following
methods:

BootWare Password Loss

Contact your local sales agent to set a new password in the event of BootWare password loss.
The BootWare password is modified on the main menu. To do that, follow these steps:
Step1 Select 5 on the main menu to modify the BootWare password.
The system displays:
please input old password:
Step2 Enter the old password.
please input old password: ******
If the old password is incorrect, the system will display "Wrong password, Please input password
again."
You have three chances to enter the correct old BootWare password. If you fail to enter the correct
password for three times, the system will be halted and display "Wrong password, system halt."
After you enter the correct old password, the system prompts you to enter a new password twice.
Step3 Enter the new password twice at the prompt.
Please input new password: ******
Please input new password again: ******
If the system displays the following information, the password is successfully modified.
Password Set Successfully.
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