BETA DRAFT - CISCO CONFIDENTIAL
14-12
Cisco1800 Series Integrated Services Routers (Fixed) Software Configuration Guide
OL-6426-02
Chapter14 Troubleshooting
Recovering a Lost Password
Reset the Password and Save Your Changes
To reset your password and save the changes, follow these steps:
Step1 Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode:
Router# configure terminal
Step2 Enter the enable secret command to reset the enable secret password in the router:
Router(config)# enable secret password
Step3 Enter exit to exit global configuration mode:
Router(config)# exit
Step4 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:
Step1 Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode:
Router# configure terminal
Step2 Enter the configure register command and the original configuration register value that you recorded.
Router(config)# config-reg value
Step3 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.
Step4 Reboot the router, and enter the recovered password.