Password Recovery Procedure for the Cisco 3600 and 3800 Series Routers

IntroductionThis document describes how to recover the enable password and the enable secret passwords. These passwords protect access to privileged EXEC and configuration modes. The enable password password can be recovered, but the enable secret password is encrypted and must be replaced with a new password. Use the procedure described in this document in order to replace the enable secret password.PrerequisitesRequirementsThere are no specific...

Read More

Example of Password Recovery Procedure for the Cisco 3600 and 3800 Series Routers

This section provides an example of the password recovery procedure. This example was created with a Cisco 2600 Series Router. Even if you do not use a Cisco 2600 Series Router, this output provides an example of what you should experience on your product.Router>enablePassword:Password:Password:% Bad secrets Router>show versionCisco Internetwork Operating System SoftwareIOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-IS-M), Version 12.0(7)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE...

Read More