topic Re: Resetting WLC password through WCS in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062036#M7667 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a reason you want to change the password from the WCS and not from the WLC? If you are locked out, here is a good link from George's blog</P><P></P><P>http://www.my80211.com/home/2009/12/27/recover-your-wlc-password.html</P><P></P><P>I tend to add another management user from the WLC or WCS and then you delete the old username and create it again with the new password. </P><P></P><P>Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:43:17 GMT Scott Fella 2012-10-02T11:43:17Z Resetting WLC password through WCS https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062035#M7666 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Can someone please provide me with the steps to follow to reset the WLC credentials using WCS.</P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 05:45:05 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062035#M7666 Hatem_Hamdi 2021-07-04T05:45:05Z Re: Resetting WLC password through WCS https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062036#M7667 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a reason you want to change the password from the WCS and not from the WLC? If you are locked out, here is a good link from George's blog</P><P></P><P>http://www.my80211.com/home/2009/12/27/recover-your-wlc-password.html</P><P></P><P>I tend to add another management user from the WLC or WCS and then you delete the old username and create it again with the new password. </P><P></P><P>Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:43:17 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062036#M7667 Scott Fella 2012-10-02T11:43:17Z Re: Resetting WLC password through WCS https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062037#M7668 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Scott,</P><P></P><P>The reason why I would like to reset the password from WCS is that the password recovery did not work on the WLC. I went through all of the steps but after resetting the password I am still not able to log to the WLC.</P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:51:03 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062037#M7668 Hatem_Hamdi 2012-10-02T12:51:03Z Re: Resetting WLC password through WCS https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062038#M7669 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are you able to add another management user from WCS? You can always push out a CLI template from WCS to the WLC. </P><P></P><P>Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:11:34 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062038#M7669 Scott Fella 2012-10-02T13:11:34Z Re: Resetting WLC password through WCS https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062039#M7670 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am novice at WCS. I don't how to add a management user or to push a CLI template.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:14:37 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062039#M7670 Hatem_Hamdi 2012-10-02T13:14:37Z Re: Resetting WLC password through WCS https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062040#M7671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Here is the command for the CLI to create a new username</P><P></P><P>config mgmtuser add username password read-write </P><P></P><P>Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:16:44 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062040#M7671 Scott Fella 2012-10-02T13:16:44Z Re: Resetting WLC password through WCS https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062041#M7672 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Follow the instructions in this release notes. If your version varies from this, just look up the release notes for the version you have. This should be close. </P><P></P><P>http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/wcs/7.0/configuration/guide/7_0temp.html#wp1261256</P><P></P><P>Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:19:55 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/resetting-wlc-password-through-wcs/m-p/2062041#M7672 Scott Fella 2012-10-02T13:19:55Z