password recovery disable

[ghafghazi1980]

hello

i've problem with a 1841 router because password recovery is disabled and console line has password i don't have any flash that replace curent flash.

please help me!

 

[Cluebird]

There is a reason IOS gives you a warning when you issue the command no service password-recovery so your options are limited.

1. If you have a smartnet, you can ship the box back to Cisco for them to fix.

2. You can replace the NVRAM with a different chip.

3. You can try what Burtsbees did with a 2600. However, there are no guarantees and it may fry your box or memory. He removed the NVRAM chip, booted the box, got to privilege EXEC and then installed the NVRAM chip (yes, while the box was powered up!) and reset the password and reenabled the password-recovery mechanism. I have not done this myself nor do I recommend it. However, stranger things have been done...

HTH

 

[XoverIP]

Yeah, call the TAC. If u don't have S.net or want to buy it, then put the router on C.list and someone like Burtsbees might find it.

 

[burtsbees]

Muahahahaha...

If you're lucky enough that whomever wrote the config saved it to flash, then you could throw the cf into a card reader...otherwise the config is stored in NVRAM. In that case, you could boot it without NVRAM, break sequence, and
continue with pw recovery...after it comes back up, put the NVRAM chip back in and copy start run and continue. Then wr mem after changing the pw and config reg.

Boiyt



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