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Hi Arun,

If it is truly an 'enable password' and not an 'enable secret' then it
can be decrypted with a decryption tool like this:
users.skynet.be/glu/ciscopw.htm

There are also freeware apps you can download and install. Just go
Googling for something like "cisco decryption".

Regards,
Dave


arun yadav yadav wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have got a cisco 6509 catalyst switch in my office .
> I have lost the enable password of this machine .
>
> Is there any way of recovering it WITHOUT RESTARTING this
> switch.(the procedure on cisco site requires restarting the
> switch).This switch is very crucial to network & cannot be
> restarted.
>
> I have heard that there is a way of getting switch running-config
> through SNMP & then decoding password through some C language
> code.
>
> Any help will be GREATLY appreciated
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Arun
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If you know the SNMP Read-Write string, you can download the configuration,
edit it and then upload it. The switch will take s short (under a few
seconds) hit on CPU load ... but that is all ... I'll see if I can dig up
the documentation on this. I've done it before though with success ...


Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: arun yadav yadav [mailto:aruncisco@rediffmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:27 AM
To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
Subject: [nsp] recover enable password


Hi all,
I have got a cisco 6509 catalyst switch in my office .
I have lost the enable password of this machine .

Is there any way of recovering it WITHOUT RESTARTING this
switch.(the procedure on cisco site requires restarting the
switch).This switch is very crucial to network & cannot be
restarted.

I have heard that there is a way of getting switch running-config
through SNMP & then decoding password through some C language
code.

Any help will be GREATLY appreciated

Thanks & Regards
Arun
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arun yadav yadav wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> I have got a cisco 6509 catalyst switch in my office .
> I have lost the enable password of this machine .
>
> Is there any way of recovering it WITHOUT RESTARTING this
> switch.(the procedure on cisco site requires restarting the
> switch).This switch is very crucial to network & cannot be
> restarted.
>
> I have heard that there is a way of getting switch running-config
> through SNMP & then decoding password through some C language
> code.
>
> Any help will be GREATLY appreciated
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Arun

this might help: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/477/SNMP/copy_configs_snmp.shtml

"This document shows you how to copy a configuration file to and from a Cisco device by using the CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB..."

--n.