F5 BigIP Password Recovery
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The following details the basic procedure for performing password recovery on F5 Network BigIP software v9.x devices.
Prerequisites
These pre-requisites must be met;
- Working serial console connection to the device, (a Null Modem Cable is required)
Password Recovery Procedure
- Connect to the device's console port (19200, 8, N, 1)
- Reboot or power on the device
- Enter single user mode as described in this article: Single User Mode, F5 BigIP
- Mount all filesystems with the mount -a command
- Use the f5passwd command to change or reset user account passwords as necessary. The exact syntax is as follows: f5passwd username.
- Enter reboot to reboot the device
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