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N_67263
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Mar 04, 2014

Lost root password for an F5 box.

Folks,   We have lost the root password for one of our F5 box, this is a F5 1500 or 1600 box. We still have the admin password with us. Any method of recovering this without a console?   regard...
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Patrik_Jonsson
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Mar 04, 2014

Hi!

 

Create an admin user with advanced shell access or grant advanced shell access to admin Login via CLI and enter "passwd root". That will change your root password.

 

Good luck!

 

/Patrik