password-recovery enable

Use password-recovery enable to enable password recovery capability.

Use undo password-recovery enable to disable password recovery capability.

Syntax

password-recovery enable

undo password-recovery enable

Default

Password recovery capability is enabled.

Views

System view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

mdc-admin

Usage guidelines

Password recovery capability controls console user access to the device configuration and SDRAM from BootWare menus.

If password recovery capability is enabled, a console user can access the device configuration without authentication to configure new passwords.

If password recovery capability is disabled, console users must restore the factory-default configuration before they can configure new passwords. Restoring the factory-default configuration deletes the next-startup configuration files.

To enhance system security, disable password recovery capability.

Availability of BootWare menu options varies with the password recovery capability setting. For more information, see the release notes.

Examples

# Disable password recovery capability.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] undo password-recovery enable