https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/enable-error-in-authentication/m-p/3372737#M3401 I used this document to solve that issue:<BR /><A href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/2600-series-multiservice-platforms/22188-pswdrec-2600.html#proc2" target="_blank">https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/2600-series-multiservice-platforms/22188-pswdrec-2600.html#proc2</A> Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:21:05 GMT leam2 2018-04-25T12:21:05Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/enable-error-in-authentication/m-p/3372603#M3400 <P>Hello,<BR /><BR />Five days ago, I created a user:<BR />router(config)#username &lt;username&gt; password &lt;password&gt;<BR /><BR />And ran the following commands:<BR />router(config)#aaa new-model<BR />router(config)#aaa authentication login default local<BR />Etc.<BR /><BR />Now, I can connect to the router identified as &lt;username&gt; with its password but I forgot to create it with "privilege 15".<BR /><BR />And the command "enable" fails:<BR />router&gt; enable<BR />% Error in authentication.<BR /><BR />How can I solve this without resetting the router to factory defaults?<BR /><BR />Thank you.</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:54:22 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/enable-error-in-authentication/m-p/3372603#M3400 leam2 2020-02-21T18:54:22Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/enable-error-in-authentication/m-p/3372737#M3401 I used this document to solve that issue:<BR /><A href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/2600-series-multiservice-platforms/22188-pswdrec-2600.html#proc2" target="_blank">https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/2600-series-multiservice-platforms/22188-pswdrec-2600.html#proc2</A> Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:21:05 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/enable-error-in-authentication/m-p/3372737#M3401 leam2 2018-04-25T12:21:05Z