Thank you for the replies we have changed our passwords.
on 1/30/10 5:13 AM, mohamed attia wrote: > > > Recovering the Root Password > > If you forget the root password for the router, you can use the password > recovery procedure to reset the root password. > Note: You need console access to recover the root password. > To recover the root password: > 1. Power off the router by pressing the power button on the front panel. > 2. Turn off the power to the management device, such as a PC or laptop > computer, that you want to use to access the CLI. > 3. Plug one end of the Ethernet rollover cable supplied with the router > into the RJ-45toDB-9 serial port adapter supplied with the router. > 4. Plug the RJ-45toDB-9 serial port adapter into the serial port on the > management device. > 5. Connect the other end of the Ethernet rollover cable to the console > port on the router. > 6. Turn on the power to the management device. > 7. On the management device, start your asynchronous terminal emulation > application (such as Microsoft Windows Hyperterminal) and select the > appropriate COM port to use (for example, COM1). > 8. Configure the port settings as follows: > o Bits per second: 9600 > o Data bits: 8 > o Parity: None > o Stop bits: 1 > o Flow control: None > 9. Power on the router by pressing the power button on the front panel. > Verify that the POWER LED on the front panel turns green. > The terminal emulation screen on your management device displays the router¹s > boot sequence. > 10. When the following prompt appears, press the Spacebar to access the > router¹s bootstrap loader command prompt: > 1. Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or space bar for command prompt. > 2. Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds... > 13. At the following prompt, enter boot -s to start up the system in > single-user mode. > > ok boot -s > 14. At the following prompt, enter recovery to start the root password > recovery procedure. > > Enter full pathname of shell or 'recovery' for root password recovery or > RETURN for /bin/sh: recovery > 15. Enter configuration mode in the CLI. > > 16. Set the root password. For example: > > u...@host# set system root-authentication plain-text-password > 17. At the following prompt, enter the new root password. For example: > > New password: juniper1 > Retype new password: > 18. At the second prompt, reenter the new root password. > 19. After you have finished configuring the password, commit the > configuration. > > r...@host# commit > commit complete > 20. Exit configuration mode in the CLI. > 21. Exit operational mode in the CLI. > 22. At the prompt, enter y to reboot the router. > > Reboot the system? [y/n] y > > http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos10.0/information-products/topic-col > lections/config-guide-system-basics/authentication-root-password-recovering.ht > ml > <http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos10.0/information-products/topic-co > llections/config-guide-system-basics/authentication-root-password-recovering.h > tml> > http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos9.0/topics/task/troubleshooting/ex- > series-root-password-recovery.html > <http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos9.0/topics/task/troubleshooting/ex > -series-root-password-recovery.html> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > ----------------------------------- > Eng. : Mohamed Attia > > +2 0102039799 > > > > > > > >> > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:36:46 -0800 >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [j-nsp] M20 password recovery procedure >> > >> > >> > M20 running Junos5.7 and we've attempted to follow >> > the password recovery procedure from single user but are getting disk >> > read errors when invoking /usr/libexec/ui/recovery-mode; the fsck to >> > repair these eventually fails. >> > >> > The issue is that `/usr/libexec/ui/recovery-mode` needs to run fsck, the >> > fsck fails, and the CLI from which you can set the root password is never >> > invoked. We're attempting to unpack and edit the configuration files >> > directly because password data is not handled in the traditional UNIX way. >> > Ie., there is no `passwd` command or /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow >> > >> > Please advise. >> > >> > >> > ~.~ >> > >> > >> > Best regards, >> > >> > >> > Larry E. Stites >> > Northern California Networks, Inc. >> > Nevada City, Calif. 95959 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] >> > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now. > <http:// _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
