Password Recovery; Disabling The Confirmation Message - Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x3100 Series Manual

Introduction
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Privilege Level: USER,MANAGER,SECURITY OFFICER
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Logout and log back into the system to see the changed banner:
Username: officer
Password:********
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1.5.4 Disabling the Confirmation Message

The DISABLE CONFIRMATION command is used to suppress user confirmation prompts for potentially dan-
gerous commands. This command is intended for expert users who understand the impact of the various oper-
ations on the device.
For example, if a user wishes to reboot an active CFC, the following would appear with confirmation prompts
enabled: officer SEC> restart card actcfc cold Do you really want to restart card actcfc (Y/N)? With confirma-
tion disabled, the operation is performed without prompt or delay. When this command is used, the settings
only affect the current user session. No other user sessions are altered or changed by. When a user logs out,
the confirmation settings are automatically restored to enable confirmation prompts.

1.5.5 Password Recovery

1.5.5.1 Introduction to Password Recovery
If, for some reason, all system user IDs and passwords have been deleted, destroyed, or corrupted, the user
can recover the default user ID and password using the password recovery procedure.
Password recovery should only be performed on a simplex system; on a duplex system, the inactive
Note:
may restart and gain activity while the boot parameters are being changed on what was the active unit.
1.5.5.2 Password Recovery Interactions
A system power cycle must be performed in order to recover the default user ID and password.
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The system must be rebooted in order to recover the default user ID and password.
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Boot flags must be set in order to perform the password recovery procedure.
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The user should read through all the steps before beginning the procedure.
Note:
Since all system user IDs and passwords have been destroyed, there is no user access to the CLI command line
prompt to initiate a reboot from software using the RESTART command. Therefore, the system must be
power-cycled. Refer to 1.5.5.3.
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Software Reference for SwitchBlade x3100 Series Switches (Setting Up the Switch)
Disabling the Confirmation Message