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Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers (Fixed) Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 14 Troubleshooting
Recovering a Lost Password
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-reg value
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.