Service Password-Recovery - Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual

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administrator must add encrypted in front of this encrypted password when

entering the enable command in switch A. In this way, the two switches will have

the same password.

Passwords are encrypted by default. You only are required to use the encrypted

keyword when you are actually entering an encrypted keyword.

Example 1 - The command sets a password that has already been encrypted. It

will copied to the configuration file just as it is entered. To use it, the user must

know its unencrypted form.

switchxxxxxx(config)#

4b529f21c93d4706090285b0c10172eb073ffebc4

Example 2 - The command sets an unencrypted password for level 7 (it will be

encrypted in the configuration file).

switchxxxxxx(config)#

service password-recovery

Use the service password-recovery Global Configuration mode command to

enable the password-recovery mechanism. This mechanism allows an end user,

with physical access to the console port of the device, to enter the boot menu and

trigger the password recovery process. Use the no service password-recovery

command to disable the password-recovery mechanism. When the

password-recovery mechanism is disabled, accessing the boot menu is still

allowed and the user can trigger the password recovery process. The difference

is, that in this case, all the configuration files and all the user files are removed. The

following log message is generated to the terminal: "All the configuration and user

files were removed".

service password-recovery

no service password-recovery

Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands

enable password encrypted

enable password level 7 let-me-in

OL-32830-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide