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Nimbostratus

Dec 02, 2013

Solved

big ip ltm factory reset

folks i have a pair of ltms which i've lost the passwords for (they were setup by a consultant) so i don't have admin access or gui i can access the console ok but can't get logged on ...

application delivery

BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

performance

security

TMSH

Night_67217
Dec 02, 2013
Hi,

If you've got console access, you can connect the console cable, reboot, log on to single user mode [1], change root password, reboot again and then you've got ssh access. Once that's done, you can log on as root, go to "tmsh" and modify the admin password [2] and then you've restored GUI access as well.

[1] http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/600/sol14662.html?sr=33545762 [2] (tmos) modify auth password admin changing password for admin new password:

Hope this helps!

Night_67217

Historic F5 Account

Dec 02, 2013

Hi,

If you've got console access, you can connect the console cable, reboot, log on to single user mode [1], change root password, reboot again and then you've got ssh access. Once that's done, you can log on as root, go to "tmsh" and modify the admin password [2] and then you've restored GUI access as well.

[1] http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/600/sol14662.html?sr=33545762 [2] (tmos) modify auth password admin changing password for admin new password:

Hope this helps!