(XGS devices) Recover the root login account

If the root account is disabled and SLX-OS CLI is not available, to recover the VM root password first recover the VM root login account.

Before you begin

Note

For a list of the currently supported XGS devices, see the "Supported Hardware" topic.

1. Enter the reboot command.
2. Select and enter the ONIE option.
3. Select and enter the ONIE: Rescue option.
4. Define the root login value for the root recover environment variable.
   

   ONIE:/ # bootenv VM_Root_Recover RootLogin

5. Enter the reboot command.
   

   ONIE:/ # reboot
   ONIE:/ # discover: Rescue mode detected. No discover stopped.
   Stopping: dropbear ssh daemon... done.
   

   The root account is now enabled. You can log in with the default password.
6. If the SLX-OS CLI is available, you can recover the root account by using the SLX-OS CLI root enable command.