11-10-2014 09:50 AM - edited 03-05-2019 12:08 AM
I'm trying to change the login password and enable password for our cisco asa 5505. Both commands "passwd" and "enable password" finishes successfully without any errors. After we save the configuration, exit and try to login back again, only the old password works. Please help.
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11-10-2014 12:46 PM
11-10-2014 10:51 AM
The password configured with "passwd" is the Telnet-password that is typically not used any more.
The password configured with "enable password" is used when you change to privileged mode, but is not used to log in to the ASA. How do you login? With username/password? Then you have to look at your "username" statements. Or do you have a central authentication-server? If that is used, then it could be that the local passwords are not used.
11-10-2014 10:55 AM
Thank you for youre reply. After changing the password, I did try logging in using telnet. Only the old password worked.
I login with a username and password. How do I find out if the ASA is using a central authentication-server?
11-10-2014 11:06 AM
When you use a username to login, then the "passwd" is not used. If your username is not locally configured, then it's likely that you use a central server for that.
With
show run aaa
you can see which authentication-server-group is used. With
show run aaa-server
you see which server it uses.
11-10-2014 11:14 AM
show run aaa
aaa authentication enable console LOCAL
aaa authentication serial console LOCAL
aaa authentication ssh console LOCAL
aaa authentication http console LOCAL
aaa authentication telnet console LOCAL
aaa authorization command LOCAL
show run aaa-server
this command doesn't show any answer. It just comes back to the command prompt.
I'm logging in with username "abc" and some password "def". All I want to just change this password and then the enable password.
11-10-2014 11:29 AM
Then you have to change the password of the user "abc".
11-10-2014 11:33 AM
I'm sorry, how do I do that?
11-10-2014 12:46 PM
asa (config)# username abc password YOURNEWPASSWORD
11-11-2014 05:20 AM
Thank you !!! That worked.
11-10-2014 11:00 AM
username abc password dfsdfdsfsdfsdfsdfsdf encrypted privilege 15
Above is the only username statement I see when I run the show run command.
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