possible to change password snmp set based switch

[j.vanwijngaarden]

Hello,

I am trying to build some scripts to auomatic change passwords for some routers and switches. Now with IOS based swiches

I can easilly change the switch or routers password if a have a SNMP RW string.

But for set based switches this does not seem to work. I think this is because the switch needs the "old" password. Has anybody been able to modify for example the enable secret on a set based switch with just the snmp RW ?

[nhabib]

It is possible, but you have to create a configlet and tftp it over to the switch

The configlet will contain something like this (equates to ww):

set password $2$qxvs$23DaZuPZeHxLjUPwCK0Ul0

end

In other words, you need to know what is the encrypted password, and send it over.

[j.vanwijngaarden]

But this means that you need to know the old password right?

And if not then I need to have user/tacacs rights. I do have this all but it are a lot of switches with a lot of different passwords, i am looking for a way without needing to know the old passwords or tacacs rights.

[nhabib]

You do not require the password on the switch

You simply need to know the encrypted password on a switch and use it in your configlet