Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual page 98

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Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands

OL-32830-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

Default Configuration

The service password recovery is enabled by default.

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode

User Guidelines

If password recovery is enabled, the user can access the boot menu and

trigger the password recovery in the boot menu. All configuration files and

user files are kept.

If password recovery is disabled, the user can access the boot menu and

trigger the password recovery in the boot menu. The configuration files

and user files are removed.

If a device is configured to protect its sensitive data with a user-defined

passphrase for (Secure Sensitive Data), then the user cannot trigger the

password recovery from the boot menu even if password recovery is

If a device is configured to protect its sensitive data with a user-defined

passphrase for (Secure Sensitive Data), then the user cannot trigger the

password recovery from the boot menu even if password recovery is

The following command disables password recovery:

switchxxxxxx(config)#

Note that choosing to use Password recovery option in the Boot Menu during

the boot process will remove the configuration files and the user files.

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