Press Return in response to the confirmation prompts. The configuration file is now reloaded, and you can change the
password.
Step 6
Enter global configuration mode and change the
enable
password.
Device#
configure terminal
Device(config)#
enable secret password
Step 7
Return to privileged EXEC mode:
Device(config)#
exit
Device#
Step 8
Write the running configuration to the startup configuration file.
Device#
copy running-config startup-config
Step 9
Confirm that manual boot mode is enabled.
Device#
show boot
BOOT variable = flash:packages.conf;
Manual Boot = yes
Enable Break = yes
Step 10
Reload the device.
Device#
reload
Step 11
Return the boot loader parameters to their original values.
Device:
SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=0
Step 12
Boot the device with the
packages.conf
file from flash.
Device:
boot flash:packages.conf
Step 13
After the device boots up, disable manual boot on the device.
Device(config)#
no boot manual
Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled
If the password-recovery mechanism is disabled, this message appears:
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Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled