and seriously, try "fuck you" as the password, dickheads who do shitty things like that dont tend to get too complex in their exit
if you have access to his primary managment pc, and its windows, use previous versions (shadow copy) of his user folder. to have changed the passwords on that diverse a set of devices he probably did it with a script, which if you can find, will have the password, or if there is an nms, check the logs to see if he set it via that mechanism I dealt with this on a small scale on a multi site school district, on top of changing passwords, he did neat stuff like flipping the initialize switch on pbx systems so the next time they were power cycled they would default, it sucks On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:17 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < [email protected]> wrote: > is there a way to do a usb bootdisk on these to offload the configuration > and poke at the file? > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Dennis Burgess <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If it's a older binary backup, it was not encrypted very well and you can >> break that in a matter of seconds, I think there was a website that you can >> do that on at one point in time. However, the newer RoS versions fixed >> that and made it more secure. Otherwise, a reset (such as a netinstall) >> will reset the configuration as well. :( Sometimes you may have to have a >> backup plan in place, and build what you can to get it going and the >> customers after a reset. >> >> >> Dennis Burgess - Network Solution Engineer - Consultant >> MikroTik Certified Trainer/Consultant - MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, >> MTCINE >> >> For Wireless Hardware/Routers visit www.linktechs.net >> Radio Frequiency Coverages: www.towercoverage.com >> Office: 314-735-0270 >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brett A Mansfield >> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 4:31 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Password reset for inherited network >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I recently inherited a network that has a dozen Mikrotik CCRs. They are >> both the 1009 and 1036 models. The documentation we received is inaccurate >> and the network is very complex. We're talking more than 1000 VLANs, ever >> router has a redundant router and ISP, bonds and bridges all over the >> place, sites all across the westerns states, etc. >> >> Sadly, due to its complexity I cannot reset the routers and just >> reconfigure. It appears the admin that was fired changed the ports and >> passwords to be able to access this equipment. >> >> Is there a way to reset the management settings (passwords, ports, etc) >> without completely defaulting the router? I have physical access to all of >> them. I've been reading up a lot on google and I'm not finding much help >> there. >> >> I appreciate any help anyone can offer for free. >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield >> > > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
