Change local admin password
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09-24-2024 10:06 PM
I'm not that great in the networking field and my Network admin quit today. so I need to change the admin password on all of out cisco devices. I tried searching for how to change the password and all I could find is the enable password. can some one also help me with command to change the password?
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09-24-2024 11:07 PM
To change the admin password (local user account) on a Cisco switch, you'll want to modify the password for a user account, not just the enable password.
Here’s how you can do it:
Access the switch:
Connect to your switch using a console connection, SSH, or Telnet.
Log in using your current credentials.
Enter global configuration mode:
enable
configure terminal
Change the password for the admin account:
If your admin account is called admin, you can use the following commands:
username admin privilege 15 secret NEW_PASSWORD
Replace NEW_PASSWORD with the new password you want.
Save the changes: After making the change, you should save the configuration so it persists after a reboot:
write memory
Exit configuration mode:
exit
If you don’t have a specific admin account but use the enable password for privileged access, then this is the password you might want to change:
enable secret NEW_ENABLE_PASSWORD
After changing the password(s), test the login with the new credentials to ensure everything works
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09-24-2024 11:48 PM
Personally rather changing the admin password and lock yourself if that go wrong.
Create new admin user account :
example :
username newusername privilege 15 secret 5 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
and try to login from new user account and test all working, then disable or remove old account with no command and save the config.
