topic Let me check your options in in Network Security

FWSM Maintenance Partition

rakeshvelagala — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:28:54 GMT

Hi All,

Please help on the following queries.

There is a FWSM, which has been there for few years and none of us have the passwords.

To recover the password,

1) Is username & password for maintenance partition always "root" and "cisco"?

2) If they can be changed, how I can recover them? Please advise.

Thanks

Regards

Laura Zamora — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:35:27 GMT

Please check this link:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/fwsm/fwsm32/configuration/guide/fwsm_cfg/troubl_f.html#wp1049302

rakeshvelagala — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:41:30 GMT

Hi Lauzamor,

Many Thanks!

I have seen this doc before. So for step 5, the password will always be "password"? We do not have the maintenance mode password.

Router# session slot mod_num processor 1

Step 4 To log in to the maintenance partition as root, enter the following command:

Login: root

Step 5 Enter the password at the prompt:

Password: password

By default, the password is "cisco."

Laura Zamora — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:58:38 GMT

You need to replace the word password for the actual one you need.

So by default will be cisco, so ahead and try that one.

rakeshvelagala — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 03:32:11 GMT

Hi Lauzamor,

Someone has changed the password. So I am not able to go to Maintenance mode with password "cisco".

Thanks

Laura Zamora — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 03:51:34 GMT

Let me check your options in that case.

johflore — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:32:18 GMT

Hi,

If you do not have current password only option would be re-image.

Johan.