Type 9 (Scrypt) Password doesn't work for console access

[tschafferx]

Hi community,

I just configured a scrypt type 9 password and wanted to use it for my console login. It seems like the ISR 4331 cannot process this password. Is this a known limitation or might it be a bug.

Thank you in advance.

Best regards

Thomas

[benweber]

Just in case anyone is out there on a Google search.  I ran into this problem at a second client site.  In this case neither type 8 nor type 9 passwords would work.  So on a whim I upgraded the switch to the 17.6.3 code (they had been on a 16 code).  I had to delete the user accounts and recreate them but once I did that they started working properly.

So it looks like there was some kind of a bug that interfered with the encrypting of the passwords that's been fixed in the new codes.

So if you are having this issue I suggest upgrading to the latest code.

Never seen this problem on anything but 9200l switches, though I've now seen it on a bunch of them.

[MHM Cisco World]

thanks for sharing solution