QuestionQ79

Platform Operations and Services

You have forgotten the admin user password for your NetScreen device. No other user accounts are configured on the device. How can you access the CLI?

  • A Log in on the console using the secret name "recovery" and password "netscreen".
  • B Send a break to the console during the boot process and modify the configuration registers.
  • C Log in on the console using the serial number as the username and password.
  • D Log in on the console using the secret name "recovery" and the serial number as the password.
Explanation

NetScreen ScreenOS devices provide a console-only recovery login using the username "recovery" together with the unit's chassis serial number as the password; this built-in mechanism restores administrative CLI access after a lost admin password without needing to reset the device to factory defaults or wipe its configuration, and because it requires physical console access it cannot be leveraged remotely.

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