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If we do not know enable / console / telnet etc. password of switch and have physical access to switch then, we can reset the passwords by using following procedure:

#Keep mode button pressed when switching on power to switch
#See the messages that come and look for message that says password recovery mechanism is enabled. If it is not enabled then this procedure will not work.
#Type `flash_init'
#Type `load_helper'
#Type `rename flash:/config.txt flash:/config.backup'
#Type `boot'.
#After booting use command `rename flash:/config.backup flash:/config.txt'
#Then use `copy flash:/config.txt running-config' to use the old startup configuration
#Then go to `config t' and use `enable secret <new_password>' command to give new password.
#For console and telnet password then you can use `line con 0' or `line vty 0 15' commands to go to line configuration mode. In line configuration mode command `password <new_password>' can be used to set new line password.



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