wrong username/password you should be able to romon or mac connect regardless, hopefully he had romon on and once youre into one you can get into the rest
On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Brett A Mansfield < [email protected]> wrote: > So I think I have the correct password, but no matter what I get an error > when connecting. I think he may have changed the management ports. I should > be able to log in via console and change all of that there, correct? > > If so I'll google the guide. My biggest question is if I try to log in and > the password is wrong will it tell my username and or password is wrong or > will it just say "error, cannot connect"? > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > > On Nov 9, 2016, at 10:07 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm < > [email protected]> wrote: > > man, ive been hiding that shame for some time, im glad to know someone > else out there is equally as guilty > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, I am lazy, which means I use Winbox, and it has the password stored >> for every Mikrotik I manage. Plus I use Winbox on several computers - >> laptops, desktops, and computers I remote into. I take it this guy was not >> similarly lazy? If I was the fired ex-admin, all you would need is to find >> one of the computers I used Winbox on. Even if it's not possible to >> decrypt the stored passwords, you could Winbox into every Mikrotik and >> change the password. >> >> I guess real men use SSH and the CLI. Oh, and don't store the >> credentials in their SSH client. >> >> Note, it appears Winbox 3 stores the passwords as cleartext in >> settings.cfg.viw. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Butch Evans >> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 9:10 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Password reset for inherited network >> >> On Wed, 2016-11-09 at 00:24 +0000, Brett A Mansfield wrote: >> > I was able to find the backups. Sadly they are running v6.36. >> > >> > If I default it can I restore its config and change the password or >> > will it apply the old one? >> > >> > >> >> Google for "mtpass". That will find the passwords in the backup file. >> If these backups contain the "old" OR the "new" password, when you >> default/restore the backup, the password will be whatever is in that file. >> >> >> -- >> Butch Evans >> Training and Support for WISPs >> 702-537-0979 >> http://store.wispgear.net/ >> http://www.butchevans.com/ >> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
