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5-24Dealing with Router Password LossDo as follows when your BootROM password, user password or Super Password is lost.User Password LossYou cannot enter the system if you lose your user password. You can boot the system by neglectingsystem configuration. Perform the following operations:Step 1: Enter the main BootROM menu, and select <6> to boot by ignoring system configuration:The system prompts:........Flag Set Successfully.The system prompts set success.Step 2: When the main BootROM menu appears again, enter to reboot the system.........system start booting......Version 2.11Step 3: Set new password under the system view after rebooting.[DEVICE]user-interface console 0[DEVICE-ui-console0]authentication-mode password[DEVICE-ui-console0]set authentication password simple 123456This indicates that the password authentication is adopted at the Console port and the password is setto 123456 and stored in plain text.z After rebooting, the system runs with the initial default configuration. The original configuration filesare stored in memory. To restore the original configurations, you can use the displaysaved-configuration command to display them, and then copy and execute them.z When storing the password in plain text, you can use the display current-configurationcommand to see the password in the current configuration. If you use the set authenticationpassword cipher 123456 command when setting the password, the password is encrypted andstored.Step 4: Save the new configuration.[DEVICE] saveExecute the save command after modifying the user password to save the new password. |
