[Cisco] Changing password procedure


An example of how to change the passwords on a Cisco router. In this case, login passworld will be ‘PASSWORD‘ and enable mode password will be ‘ENABLEPWD‘.


config t
line con 0
password PASSWORD

line aux 0
password PASSWORD
login

line vty 0 4
password PASSWORD
login

line tty 1 16
password PASSWORD
login

enable password ENABLEPWD
^Z

write mem

/* EXAMPLE FOLLOWS */

Cisco Router#config t
Cisco Router(config)#line vty 0 4
Cisco Router(config-line)#password ********
Cisco Router(config-line)#login
Cisco Router(config-line)#line tty 1 16
Cisco Router(config-line)#password ********
Cisco Router(config-line)#login
Cisco Router(config-line)#line con 0
Cisco Router(config-line)#password ********
Cisco Router(config-line)#line aux 0
Cisco Router(config-line)#password ********
Cisco Router(config-line)#login
Cisco Router(config-line)#enable password ########
Cisco Router(config)#^Z

Cisco Router#wr
Building configuration…
[OK]

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