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

The BootWare password you entered is displayed in the form of asterisks.
The BootWare password can contain up to 32 characters. If you enter more than 32 characters to
set the BootWare password, the system will automatically use the first 32 characters.

Dealing With User Password Loss

If you lose your password, you cannot enter the system. In this case, you can boot the system by
skipping the system configuration. Perform the following operations:
Step1 Enter the main menu, and select 6 to boot the system by ignoring the system configuration.
The system displays:
Flag Set Success.
Step2 When the main menu appears again, select 0 to reboot the system.
System is rebooting now.
System start booting...
Booting Normal Extend BootWare....
Step3 Set a new password in system view after system reboot.
<H3C> system-view
[H3C] user-interface console 0
[H3C-ui-console0] authentication-mode password
[H3C-ui-console0] set authentication password simple 123456
The above information indicates that password authentication is adopted on the console interface and
the password is set to 123456 and stored in plain text.
After rebooted, the system runs with the initial default configuration, but the original configuration
file is still stored in the storage medium. To restore the original configuration, you can use the
display saved-configuration command to display it, and then copy and execute it.
If the password is stored in plain text, you can use the display current-configuration command to
view the password in the current configuration. If the password 123456 is set with the set
authentication password cipher command, the password is stored in cipher text.
Step4 Save the new password.
[H3C] save
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