Service Password-Recovery - Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual

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The second command sets a password that has already been encrypted. It will

copied to the configuration file just as it is entered. To use it, the user must know its

unencrypted form.

switchxxxxxx

(config)# enable password level 7 let-me-in

switchxxxxxx

(config)# enable password level 15 encrypted

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service password-recovery

Use the service password-recovery Global Configuration mode command to

enable the password-recovery mechanism. This mechanism allows an end user,

with physical access to the console port of the device, to enter the boot menu and

trigger the password recovery process. Use the no service password-recovery

command to disable the password-recovery mechanism. When the

password-recovery mechanism is disabled, accessing the boot menu is still

allowed and the user can trigger the password recovery process. The difference

is, that in this case, all the configuration files and all the user files are removed. The

following log message is generated to the terminal: "All the configuration and user

files were removed".

service password-recovery

no service password-recovery

Default Configuration

The service password recovery is enabled by default.

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode

User Guidelines

If password recovery is enabled, the user can access the boot menu and

trigger the password recovery in the boot menu. All configuration files and

user files are kept.

Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands

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