Root account and password recovery

The ability to enable the root account and recover the root credentials (password) depends on the uboot environment variable. When the variable is set, it executes the root recovery logic based on the parameter set. The variable is not preserved across reboot. Every time a reboot occurs, the root account is disabled by default and this variable has to be set again to enable it unless the root account was not enabled from global configuration mode.

The root account access availability determines the method for password recovery:

When the root account is disabled and the SLX-OS CLI is not available, you must recover the root login account. The password is also recovered.
- Recover the root login account

Note

For SLX 9540 running SLX-OS 20.1.x and lower, use the steps described in Recover root loging when shell prompt is available. The outputs and steps listed in the topic Recover root login when ONIE is available are not applicable in this case.
For SLX 9540 running version SLX-OS 20.2.x and higher and all other SLX platforms, such as Extreme 8720, use the steps described in Recover root login when ONIE is available for recovering the root password.

When the root account is enabled but the root password is not available, perform the relevant task:
- Recover the root password when shell prompt is available
- Recover the root password when ONIE is available

Note

The default password for the root account on the VM is fibranne.