FWSM Maintenance Partition

[rakeshvelagala]

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]

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]

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]

 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]

Hi Lauzamor,

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

Thanks

[Laura Zamora]

Let me check your options in that case.

[johflore]

Hi,

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

Johan.