Cisco 2950 password recovery help
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C2955 Boot Loader (C2955-HBOOT-M) Version 12.1(0.0.514), CISCO DEVELOPMENT TEST
VERSION
Compiled Fri 13-Dec-02 17:38 by madison
WS-C2955T-12 starting…
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0b:be:b6:ee:00
Xmodem file system is available.
Initializing Flash…
flashfs[0]: 19 files, 2 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 7741440
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 4510720
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 3230720
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 7 seconds.
…done initializing flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs:) installed, fsid: 3
Parameter Block Filesystem (pb:) installed, fsid: 4
*** The system will autoboot in 15 seconds ***
Send break character to prevent autobooting.
!— Wait until you see this message before
!— you issue the break sequence.
!— Ctrl+Break is entered using Hyperterm.
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system to finish
loading the operating system software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
switch:
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Issue the flash_init command.
switch: flash_init
Initializing Flash…
flashfs[0]: 143 files, 4 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 3612672
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 2729472
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 883200
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 86 seconds
….done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs:) installed, fsid: 3
Parameter Block Filesystem (pb:) installed, fsid: 4
switch:
!— This output is from a 2900XL switch. Output from
!— other switches will vary slightly.
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Issue the load_helper command.
switch: load_helper
switch:
#
Issue the dir flash: command.
Note: Make sure to type a colon “:” after the dir flash.
The switch file system is displayed:
switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 1803357 <date> c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC7.bin
!— This is the current version of software.
4 -rwx 1131 <date> config.text
!— This is the configuration file.
5 -rwx 109 <date> info
6 -rwx 389 <date> env_vars
7 drwx 640 <date> html
18 -rwx 109 <date> info.ver
403968 bytes available (3208704 bytes used)
switch:
!— This output is from a 3500XL switch. Output from
!— other switches will vary slightly.
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Type rename flash:config.text flash:config.old to rename the configuration file.
switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
switch:
!— The config.text file contains the password
!— definition.
#
Issue the boot command to boot the system.
switch: boot
Loading “flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC7.bin”…###############################
################################################################################
######################################################################
File “flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC7.bin” uncompressed and installed, entry po
int: 0×3000
executing…
!— Output suppressed.
!— This output is from a 3500XL switch. Output from other switches
!— will vary slightly.
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Enter “n” at the prompt to abort the initial configuration dialog.
— System Configuration Dialog —
At any point you may enter a question mark ‘?’ for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets ‘[]‘.
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: n
!— Type “n” for no.
Press RETURN to get started.
!— Press Return or Enter.
Switch>
!— The Switch> prompt is displayed.
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At the switch prompt, type en to enter enable mode.
Switch>en
Switch#
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Type rename flash:config.old flash:config.text to rename the configuration file with its original name.
Switch#rename flash:config.old flash:config.text
Destination filename [config.text]
!— Press Return or Enter.
Switch#
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Copy the configuration file into memory.
Switch#copy flash:config.text system:running-config
Destination filename [running-config]?
!— Press Return or Enter.
1131 bytes copied in 0.760 secs
Sw1#
The configuration file is now reloaded.
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Overwrite the current passwords that you do not know. Choose a strong password with at least one capital letter, one number, and one special character.
Note: Overwrite the passwords which are necessary. You need not overwrite all of the mentioned passwords.
Sw1# conf t
!— To overwrite existing secret password
Sw1(config)#enable secret <new_secret_password>
!— To overwrite existing enable password
Sw1(config)#enable password <new_enable_password>
!— To overwrite existing vty password
Sw1(config)#line vty 0 15
Sw1(config-line)#password <new_vty_password>
Sw1(config-line)#login
!— To overwrite existing console password
Sw1(config-line)#line con 0
Sw1(config-line)#password <new_console_password>
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Write the running configuration to the configuration file with the write memory command.
Sw1#write memory
Building configuration…
[OK]
Sw1#
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