Cisco CISCO876-SEC-I-K9 Configuration Guide - Page 152

Recovering a Lost Password Chapter 14 Troubleshooting If you are recovering an enable password, do not perform the steps in the following "Reset the Password and Save Your Changes" section. Instead, complete the password recovery process by performing the steps in the "Reset the Configuration Register Value" section. If you are recovering an enable secret password, it is not displayed in the show startup-config command output. Complete the password recovery process by performing the steps in the following "Reset the Password and Save Your Changes" section. Reset the Password and Save Your Changes To reset your password and save the changes, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode: Router# configure terminal Enter the enable secret command to reset the enable secret password in the router: Router(config)# enable secret password Enter exit to exit global configuration mode: Router(config)# exit Save your configuration changes: Router# copy running-config startup-config Reset the Configuration Register Value To reset the configuration register value after you have recovered or reconfigured a password, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode: Router# configure terminal Enter the configure register command and the original configuration register value that you recorded. Router(config)# config-reg value Enter exit to exit configuration mode: Router(config)# exit Note To return to the configuration being used before you recovered the lost enable password, do not save the configuration changes before rebooting the router. Step 4 Reboot the router, and enter the recovered password. 14-12 Cisco 850 Series and Cisco 870 Series Access Routers Software Configuration Guide OL-5332-01