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Appendix C
Dealing with console login
password loss and user privilege level
password loss
CAUTION:
Dealing with console login password loss and user privilege level password loss from BootWare
menus is disruptive.
How to deal with console login password loss and user privilege level password loss
depends on the state of password recovery capability (see
Figure 9
). Password recovery
capability controls console user access to the device configuration and NVRAM from
BootWare menus.
If password recovery capability is enabled, a console user can access the device
configuration without authentication and configure new passwords.
If password recovery capability is disabled, a console user must restore the
factory-default configuration before configuring new passwords. Restoring the
factory-default configuration deletes the main and backup next-startup configuration
files.
To enhance system security, disable password recovery capability.
