What do I do if I lost my enable secret password?

ciscomoron · ‎06-08-2007

I'm connected to the console

Harold Ritter · ‎06-08-2007

You need to go through the password recovery procedure. Just go on http://www.cisco.com and search for password recovery and the device type, for which you have lost the enable password.

Hope this helps,

Harold Ritter
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purohit_810 · ‎06-08-2007

Hi,

Do you have older configuration?

If yes, you can decrept your password by following applet link..\

http://www.fastcrack.com/ciscopd7.html

http://www2.tongzweb.com/tools/cisco.asp

If you don't have older coonfiguration... You need to recover by console.. follow steps Password recovery from cisco site. *******(Beware about your configuration)*************************

Regards,

Dharmesh Purohit

srue · ‎06-08-2007

those tools only decrypt type 7 passwords. Enable secret uses type 5 (MD5). these are not trivial to retrieve. you will have to use password recovery and simply change the enable secret. hopefully password recovery hasn't been disabled.