Dell SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.3

If you lose or forget an OS10 user name password, including the admin password, you can recover it by following this procedure.

1. Connect to the serial console port. The serial settings are 115200 baud, 8 data bits, and no parity.
2. Reboot or power up the system.
3. Accept the selected, default boot partition: OS10-A or OS10-B.

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   |*OS10-A                                    |
   | OS10-B                                    |
   | ONIE                                      |
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4. At the login prompt, enter the linuxadmin user name and password. You enter linuxadmin mode; for example:

   s4048t-1 login: linuxadmin
   Password:
   Last login: Thu May  2 05:03:40 UTC 2019 on ttyS0
   Linux s4048t-1 4.9.82 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 x86_64
   
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   the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
   individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
   
   Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
   permitted by applicable law.
   
   
   -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
   -*         Dell EMC  Network Operating System (OS10)           *-
   -*                                                             *-
   -* Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.   *-
   -*                                                             *-
   -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
   
   This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and
   intellectual property laws. Dell EMC and the Dell EMC logo are
   trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or other
   jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be
   trademarks of their respective companies.
   
   linuxadmin@s4048t-1:~$

5. At the linuxadmin prompt, enter sudo -i and the linuxadmin password to enter root mode.

   linuxadmin@s4048t-1:~$ sudo -i
   [sudo] password for linuxadmin:
   root@s4048t-1:~#

6. At the root mode prompt, enter the passwd username command to recover the password for the specified user name. Enter the new password twice; for example:

   root@s4048t-1:~# passwd admin
   New password:
   Retype new password:
   passwd: password updated successfully

7. Exit and log out from root mode and linuxadmin mode.

   root@s4048t-1:~# exit
   logout
   linuxadmin@s4048t-1:~$ exit
   logout
   
   Debian GNU/Linux 9 s4048t-1 ttyS0
   
   Dell EMC Networking Operating System (OS10)

8. Log in to OS10 using the admin user name and password, and enter CONFIGURATION mode.

   s4048t-1 login: admin
   Password:
   Last login: Mon May  6 18:05:58 UTC 2019 on ttyS0
   Linux s4048t-1 4.9.82 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 x86_64
   
   The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
   the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
   individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
   
   Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
   permitted by applicable law.
   
   
   -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
   -*         Dell EMC  Network Operating System (OS10)           *-
   -*                                                             *-
   -* Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.   *-
   -*                                                             *-
   -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
   
   This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and
   intellectual property laws. Dell EMC and the Dell EMC logo are
   trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or other
   jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be
   trademarks of their respective companies.
   
   s4048t-1# configure terminal
   s4048t-1(config)# 

9. Configure the recovered password for the user name using the username password role command in CONFIGURATION mode; for example:

   s4048t-1(config)# username admin password admin12345 role sysadmin