Admin password lost/not working

[cpremo]

I have two remote switches that my admin password doesn't work. Must have lost the past password or mistyped the new one.

Is there any way to access the switch?

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

You'll need to get console access and do a password recovery

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/474/

[l600671]

If console access is a problem and you know the snmp w/r community string you can reset the password using snmp.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094aa3.shtml#task

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_tech_note09186a008009463e.shtml#copying2

[cpremo]

Can't access the site you port to. Tried entering my user name and password to access this site and no go.

[daveyg]

Hello

This vulnerabilty saved me from manually resetting all my switches a few weeks ago.

Point a web browser at the switch. After clicking the Cancel button, enter the following URL into the address bar. http://ipaddress/level/99/exec/show/config

Hope that helps!

Gavin.

[cpremo]

OK. It confirmed that I'm using the correct password. How about the user name. Shouldn't it be admin?

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

There is no default username. It depends on what you have configured