Cisco ASA 5506-X (Enable Password Not Known)
Hi and welcome to another Cisco ASA 5506-X Configuration Basics video.
During this video I'll be showing you how to gain access to the ASA 5506-X firewall in the the event you cant remember or don't know the enable password.
The following process requires physical access to the appliance and a console connection
You can find a full copy of the configuration used below, including brief explanation of the commands used.
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! After connecting to the ASA via the console and establishing a terminal client session
! you need to pull the power from the ASA, forcing it to shut down.
! After a few seconds reconnect the power while watching the terminal session, once the
! session comes back to life use the BREAK or ESC key to interrupt the boot sequence.
! Doing so correctly will bring you to the rommon prompt.
! From the rommon prompt enter the following commands.
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!
rommon 1 - confreg
!
! Configuration Register: 0x00000001
! Configuration Summary
! [ 0 ] password recovery
! [ 1 ] display break prompt
! [ 2 ] auto-boot image in disks
! [ 3 ] console baud: 9600
! boot: ...... auto-boot index 1 image in disks
!
!do you wish to change the configuration? y/n [n]:
y
!disable "password recovery"? y/n [n]:
n
!disable "display break prompt"? y/n [n]:
n
!enable "ignore system configuration"? y/n [n]:
y
!disable "auto-boot image in disks"? y/n [n]:
n
!change console baud rate? y/n [n]:
n
!select specific image in disks to boot? y/n [n]:
n
!
! Configuration Register: 0x00000041
! Configuration Summary
! [ 0 ] password recovery
! [ 1 ] display break prompt
! [ 2 ] ignore system configuration
! [ 3 ] auto-boot image in disks
! [ 4 ] console baud: 9600
! boot: ...... auto-boot index 1 image in disks
!
do you wish to change the configuration? y/n [n]: n
!
! You must reset or power cycle for new config to take effect
!
rommon 2 - boot
!
! This causes the ASA to reboot ignoring the startup configuration
! Bringing you back to the prompt once ASA has reloaded
!
enable
!
conf t
!
sh run
! Show the running configuration returns a blank configuration
!
sh start
! Show Startup reviews the current configuration
!
copy start run
! We need to copy the startup config to the running config
!
enable password P@55word
! change the enable password
!
no config-register
! reset the configuration register, the ASA will boot to the first configuration file it finds
!
!
end
!
wr mem
! Save the configuration
!
reload
! Reloads the ASA
!
! Once reloaded and back to the prompt, enter enable and the password you added earlier
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