default username on cisco 3560x

[Mohit Chauhan]

Hi friends,

I am stuck at a very early stage in the configuration of 3560x switch. It seemed very unusual and that is the reason, I am posting it if anyone has seen this problem.

I configured basic config for line con 0 with login local.

and then I had just put "enable secret xxxxxx."

Now i simply logged out and when i tried logging in, it is asking for a username. Now the thing is that I had not programmed any username. I tried using just "." followed by my secret password, but it did not help.

any suggestions??

[Leo Laohoo]

cisco/cisco.

Otherwise, perform password recovery.

[cadet alain · Accepted solution]

Hi,

login local means the router is waiting for you to enter a username and password and it will compare to the user/pass combinations it finds in various username xxx password xxx statements.

So in your case the only solution is password recovery to be able to configure a username/password.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_password_recovery09186a0080094184.shtml

Regards.

Alain

[Mohit Chauhan]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for reply.

I tried diff combinations but nothing worked.

Also to add to the complexity here, i am using usb to serial adaptor to console the switch. Now with this stupid adaptor, most of the times, i cannot see the boot sequence where i can break and go to rommon mode. So i cannot do the password recovery.

The last thing i am thinking of is to reset as there is no great config to lose.

[lessaid.a · Accepted solution]

Mohit,

On Catalyst switches, you just have to press the mode button ( showed on Alain's link ) before starting the switch and keep it until you see the rommon prompt.

Remember, Ctlr-Brk is for Routers

--Lessaid

Best regards,

[Mohit Chauhan]

Thanks guys, I was treating it like a router.

but anyway, by the time i had read the reply about the password recovery realising its not a router, i had already factory default, which was ok.

But thanks once again and sorry for the late reply.

[miroofi75 · Accepted solution]

before entering the command login local you must add following line at global

conf mode:

username cisco privilege 15 password cisco

if you already configured telnet session / ip try that to access your switch

other wise perform password recovery.