Nokia IP1200 Series Installation Manual page 113

Problem Entered wrong password.
Solution Obtain a valid password or set the password to a default value.
Note
You must have local serial access to your appliance console to perform
this procedure. With a keyboard and monitor directly connected to the
appliance, the boot: prompt does not appear, and you cannot perform this
procedure.
To reset the admin password to a default value
1. Boot up the appliance in single-user mode by restarting or power cycling
2. After the appliance boots up, the following text appears:
3. Type
4. The admin password defaults to no password for admin.
5. Enter the following command to reset the password from the command
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the appliance.
When the boot: prompt appears, enter
multiuser mode; you have about 10 seconds to do this.
Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
Press Enter.
/etc/overpw
When the response asks if you want to continue, type
Continue to boot to multiuser mode.
line by using a blank password:
dbpasswd admin newpassword ""
The two double quotation marks at the end of the command properly
indicate a blank password.
-s
at the pound-sign (
#)
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before the appliance goes into
prompt.
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