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Chapter 14 Troubleshooting

Recovering a Lost Password

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Reset the Password and Save Your Changes

To reset your password and save the changes, follow these steps:

Step 1 Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode:

Router# configure terminal

Step 2 Enter the enable secret command to reset the enable secret password in the router:

Router(config)# enable secret password

Step 3 Enter exit to exit global configuration mode:

Router(config)# exit

Step 4 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 Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode:

Router# configure terminal

Step 2 Enter the configure register command and the original configuration register value that you recorded.

Router(config)# config-regvalue

Step 3 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.

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