Are you using
enable password <password>
or
enable secret <password>
??
Keith Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
>
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Bryan Osoro wrote:
>
> >>PW Recovery
> >>
> >>Restart the switch while holding the Mode button for 10 seconds, let go,
and
> >>you should be to a switch: prompt. Type flash_init and then load_helper
> >>after that type rename flash:config.text flash:config.old. then type
reset
> >>when the switch resets say No to initial config, go to enable mode, type
> >>rename flash:config.old flash:config.text and then type config t
> >>enable secret <whatever>
> >>ctrl+z
> >>wr me
> >>reload
> >>
>
> Yes thanks, been there a few times. Have followed the directions on
> Cisco's site a few times. Ive done it three times now and all three times
> it does not take the new enable password.
>
> Acutally the Cisco directions are a bit off at the end. They say to wr mem
> while still at the config prompt which doesnt work obviously, have to
> ctrl-z first.
>
> At any rate I do the wr mem then reload, once I'm at the switch prompt
> again I type enable get the password prompt, enter my new enable password
> and it gets rejected the usual three times.
>
> Is there some kind of bug that is preventing the new enable password from
> being written to the config.text file? I'm using 11.2(8) Enterprise in
> this switch which I will upgrade to 12 something eventually.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
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