Resetting WLC password through WCS

[Hatem_Hamdi]

Hi,

Can someone please provide me with the steps to follow to reset the WLC credentials using WCS.

Best Regards,

[Scott Fella]

Is there a reason you want to change the password from the WCS and not from the WLC? If you are locked out, here is a good link from George's blog

http://www.my80211.com/home/2009/12/27/recover-your-wlc-password.html

I tend to add another management user from the WLC or WCS and then you delete the old username and create it again with the new password.

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[Hatem_Hamdi]

Hi Scott,

The reason why I would like to reset the password from WCS is that the password recovery did not work on the WLC. I went through all of the steps but after resetting the password I am still not able to log to the WLC.

Best Regards,

[Scott Fella]

Are you able to add another management user from WCS? You can always push out a CLI template from WCS to the WLC.

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[Hatem_Hamdi]

I am novice at WCS. I don't how to add a management user or to push a CLI template.

[Scott Fella]

Follow the instructions in this release notes. If your version varies from this, just look up the release notes for the version you have. This should be close.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/wcs/7.0/configuration/guide/7_0temp.html#wp1261256

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[Scott Fella]

Here is the command for the CLI to create a new username

config mgmtuser add username password read-write

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