The no
service password-recovery is a security enhancement feature that prevents the completion of the break key sequence and entering of ROMMON mode. It prevents users with console access from accessing the router configuration and clearing the
password. It also prevents changes to the configuration register values and access to nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM).
The following message is seen during startup when the no service password-recovery command is configured:
Code View:
PASSWORD RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY IS DISABLED
System Bootstrap, Version 11.1(19)AA, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright 1998 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C3600 processor with 65536 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity enabled
PASSWORD RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY IS DISABLED
program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x10ce394
Self decompressing the image : ####################################
###################################################################
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################################################# [OK]
Smart Init is disabled. IOMEM set to: 10
Using iomem percentage: 10
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