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Cisco 1721 Router Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
Recovering a Lost Password
Step 7 Enter the enable command to enter privileged EXEC mode. Configuration
changes can be made only in this mode.
Router> enable
The prompt changes to the privileged EXEC prompt:
Router#
Step 8 Enter the show startup-config command to display an enable password in the
configuration file:
Router# show startup-config
If you are using an enable password, it will appear in the startup configuration.
Write down the password and keep the record secure.
If you are using a secret enable password, there will be no enable password in the
startup configuration.
Step 9 Enter the copy startup-config running-config command to return to your startup
configuration:
Router# copy startup-config running-config
If you are recovering an enable password, skip the next section, “ Resetting the
Password ,” and complete the password recovery process by performing the steps
in the “Resetting the Configuration Register Value” section.
If you are resetting an enable secret password, you will not see it displayed in the
show startup-config command output. Complete the password recovery process
by performing the steps in the
“Resetting the Password” section, which follows.