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Accton AS6701-32x and AS4600-54T Switches
Accton AS6701-32x and AS4600-54T Switches
Step1: Power on the switch, and backup the PicOS configuration files.
The prompt appears very soon after the system boots up. User needs to hit the Enter key fast enough to stop the boot process.
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 5 <Ctrl-C>
At the uBoot prompt, enter the following command to bring up the utility program.
=> run framboot
This boots through a Linux kernel
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk<Enter> #
Step 2: Mount CF/SD card
# mount /dev/sda1 /tmp
Step 3: Modify the file
vi /tmp/etc/shadow
change from: admin:$1$eE9WFgVk$EwGcNl83uK98.r8TcKn2q/:15385:0:99999:7::: into: admin::15385:0:99999:7::: <==remove the string between the first and the second colon
Step 4: Sync
# sync #
Step 5: Umount
# umount /tmp
Step 6: Reboot the switch
# reboot
Step 7: Boot PicOS. Then, log in by user admin. No password is needed on the console port.
[....] Starting: PicOS L2/L3..PowerPC Book-E Watchdog Timer Enabled (wdt_period=29) ........................ ok XorPlus login: admin admin@XorPlus$
Step 8: Config the password in linux(set the passwd of admin with command "passwd admin") or in cli.
1) Resetting password in linux:
admin@XorPlus$sudo passwd admin Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully admin@XorPlus$
2) Resetting password in cli:
admin@XorPlus# set system login user admin class super-user admin@XorPlus# set system login user admin authentication plain-text-password 123456 admin@XorPlus# commit Merging the configuration. Commit OK. Save done
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