Thia is the method for recovering the password 1. When the following prompt appears, press the Spacebar to access the router's bootstrap loader command prompt:
2. Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or space bar for command prompt. 3. Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds... 4. At the following prompt, enter boot -s to start up the system in single-user mode. ok *boot -s* 5. 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* 6. Enter configuration mode in the CLI. 7. Set the root password. For example: u...@host# *set system root-authentication plain-text-password* For more information about configuring the root password, see Configuring the Root Password<http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos85/swconfig85-system-basics/id-10417411.html#id-10417411> 8. At the following prompt, enter the new root password. For example: New password: *juniper1* Retype new password: 9. At the second prompt, reenter the new root password. 10. If you are finished configuring the network, commit the configuration. r...@host# *commit* commit complete 11. Exit configuration mode in the CLI. 12. Exit operational mode in the CLI. 13. At the prompt, enter y to reboot the router. Reboot the system? [y/n] *y* Thanks dilip 9650410022 On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Walaa Abdel razzak <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Experts > > > > When I was trying password recovery for the ex switch, it didn't go as > usual and I got the following error message: > > > > mount: /dev/da0s1f: Operation not permitted > > /var file system mount failed, startup aborted > > NWARNING: system watchdog timer still running, > > use '/sbin/watchdog -off' to disable > > > > > > The method I am using is: > > 1. Access EX Switch via the console port. > 2. Reboot the EX Switch > 3. When prompted to enter Loader mode hit the <space> bar and you > will be sitting at the "loader>" prompt. Enter the following command: > > loader> boot -s <return> > > 4. When prompted with, " Enter full pathname of shell or 'recovery' > for root password recovery or RETURN for /bin/sh:", hit <enter> and you > will be at a hash prompt. Enter the following: > > # fsck -y <return> > > 5. Once fsck completes you will be at the hash prompt again. Enter > the following: > > # mount -a > # rm /config/juniper* > # exit > > 6. After the system is mounted you will be prompted with the root > login prompt. Enter the "root" for login and <enter> as password. > > > > Note: I get the error message after step 5. Any suggestions? > > > > BR, > > > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > -- Thanks & Regards Dilip Kumar Srivastava Engineer Wipro 9650410022 _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
