Keith
Cisco is assuming that you only configured a enable password and not a
enable secret. Which is odd because they recommend using enable secret where
possible. As you know the Enable secret is used over the enable, thus
making the enable password useless. Have fun
Bryan
Keith Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Bryan Osoro wrote:
>
> >>Are you using
> >>enable password <password>
> >>or
> >>enable secret <password>
>
> Well color me enabled, that was it right there, and I missed the command
> line error. You are right, should have been enable secret, not enable
> password.
>
> Cisco's site said to use enable password <password> so thats what I used.
> Of course I should have used enable secret <password>.
>
> Here is the last two steps that Cisco has for recovery for the 2900XL:
>
> 13.Change the password.
>
> switch#config terminal
> switch(config)#enable password Cisco
>
> 14.Write the running configuration to the configuration file.
>
> switch(config)#write mem
>
> It comes from this link:
>
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/474/pswdrec_2900xl.html
>
> Now that Ive gone through this, the last few steps are wrong. Specially
> the write mem part.
>
> thanks,
> Keith
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