Change Another User's Password on 2801 Router

[Adam Tech]

On my 2801 router I'm looking to change the password of one of my other user's account. I don't know the other users password. Currently I have level 15 access on the router with a different user account. How do i go about doing this? Also how can i delete that user if i wanted to?

[acampbell · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Can you try this command

show run | in username

You should see an output something like this:-

username BOB secret 5 $1$ql.P$X6KNnYKp0aKzKSocVWa2d1
username PETER secret 5 $1$GLO5$FffrO52/MzBzMv7xYNKf/.
username MARY secret 5 $1$GLO5$FffrO52/MzBzMv7xYNKf/.
username JANE secret 5 $1$GLO5$FffrO52/MzBzMv7xYNKf/.

to change say BOB's password

conf t
!
username BOB secret NEWPASSWORD
!
end

To delete a user

conf t
!
no username XXXX
!
end

copy runn start

Hope this helps

Regards
Alex

[Adam Tech]

Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate it.