topic RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:07:00 GMT

How to recover extreme switch username & password

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Alexandr_P — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:10:00 GMT

Hi!

1) Connect to the switch via serial console connection.
2) Power cycle the switch.
3) During the boot process, “hold the spacebar” to enter BootROM.
Extreme Networks
Alternate BootStrap Image
Starting CRC of Default image
Using Default image ...

Extreme Networks

Default BootLoader Image
DRAM Post
Press and hold the to enter the bootrom.
4) In the BootROM, enter the commands:
config none
boot
5) The switch should now boot to factory default settings. Login with the default credentials: admin/
login: admin
password:
6) From the prompt, use the vi editor to create and open a file entitled autoexec.xsf
vi autoexec.xsf
7) Then "i"nsert and type the following line, which will create a new user with admin privileges when executed.
create account admin test test
 Then write the file with ^ESC wq!
9) Lastly, reboot the switch, not saving the configuration by typing reboot and typing "n" at any prompts.
The commands within the autoexec.xsf file will be executed before the configuration file is loaded.
10) Login using the new account (test/test) from the CLI and make appropriate changes to the accounts to allow access
(e.g. delete and recreate the admin account).
Don't forget to delete the test account when done.

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Paul11 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

Hi Alexandr,

it will not effect the rest of the configuration file of the switch except the admin account and password right?

Thanks!

- Paul

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Alexandr_P — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

Hi, Paul!

This script only create account, there no impact (effect) on other points of configuration.

Very important thing - DO NOT SAVE configuration after create script.

Thank you!

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Alexandr_P — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

Also - this do not change admin-admin account, it's only create new admin-test account.
You can login with admin-test and change password of admin-admin account.

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

How to create username in extreme switch through CLI .

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Ronald_Dvorak — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

Please try it without encryption...

X430-48t.22 # create account admin sumit

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Ronald_Dvorak — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

You'd delete the current account with...

* X430-48t.22 # delete account "sumit"

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

done .

thanks.

Without encryption it is working.

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

if you want encryption .......Then?

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Stephane_Grosj1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:00 GMT

Hi Sumit, read my answer below, you can create account with password.

when creating the account, the keyword "encrypted" means you will provide an already encrypted password. Without that keyword, you provide a clear-text password.

Either way, the passwords are stored encrypted in the config. So a "sh conf" will not reveal them.

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:06:00 GMT

Hi Team,

How to crate username in extreme switch through CLI .

What is default ip address of extreme to access with GUI mode.

Thanks
Sumit

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Paul11 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:25:00 GMT

There are Default Two user account.

try in cli : configure account ?

configure account admin green
configure account user blue

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:00 GMT

how to set password?

Diff between user and admin?

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Paul11 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:00 GMT

* Slot-1 Stack.5 # sh account

User Name Access LoginOK Failed
-------------------------------- ------ ------- ------
admin R/W 6 0
user RO 0 0

Admin has full access Read and Write access.

User only have Read Only access.

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:00 GMT

* X450e-24p.3 # show accounts User Name Access LoginOK Failed
-------------------------------- ------ ------- ------
admin R/W 5 0
user RO 0 0
sumit R/W 0 4
* X450e-24p.4 #

Getting error

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:00 GMT

what is issue

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Paul11 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:00 GMT

what is your password for sumit?
please post the command that you configured.

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Sumit_Johari — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:00 GMT

create account admin sumit encrypted india
password-india

RE: How to recover extreme switch username & password

Stephane_Grosj1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:00 GMT

encrypted means you'll enter an already encrypted password. So your password is not "india" in your case. This is useful when someone else has to create accounts (NOC...) but shouldn't know them.

To have "india" as password, do the following:

# create account admin sumit
password:
confirm password:

or you can add the password in clear text in the CLI while creating the account.