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RE: [fw1-gurus] Nokia IP330 Bootmanager password - Please Help!!!



I think I tried that, but you still need to know the current password
dont you?
Have you done this already?


On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:34:02 -0700, "Brown, Jim"
<Jim.Brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Found it:
> 
> Description:  The bootmanager password on can be overwritten simply by
> re-issuing the passwd command at the bootmanager prompt.
> 
> For example
> 
> Verifying DMI Pool Data ........
> 
> 1 . . . Bootmgr
> 2 . . . IPSO
> 
> Default: 2
> Starting bootmgr
> Loading boot manager..
> Boot manager loaded.
> Entering autoboot mode.
> Type any character to enter command mode.
> BOOTMGR[1]> passwd
> New password:
> Please retype it again to verify:
> Password changed.
> BOOTMGR[2]>
> BOOTMGR[3]>
> BOOTMGR[4]> passwd
> New password:
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brown, Jim 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:30 AM
> To: 'Gareth Bromley'; Pendergrass, Greg
> Cc: 'fwadmin'; fw1-gurus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [fw1-gurus] Nokia IP330 Bootmanager password - Please
> Help!!!
> 
> 
> I had this same problem a few months back and contacted Nokia support.
> There is a way to reset the password without sending the unit back.
> 
> The solution escapes me at the moment, but there is a way to recover the
> unit without disk imaging or returning the unit.
> 
> I will dig around and see if I can locate it.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gareth Bromley [mailto:gbromley@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:07 AM
> To: Pendergrass, Greg
> Cc: 'fwadmin'; fw1-gurus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [fw1-gurus] Nokia IP330 Bootmanager password - Please
> Help!!!
> 
> 
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Pendergrass, Greg wrote:
> > There's no such thing as a bootmanager password. What are the problems
> you
> > are having using the bootmanager?
> Beg to differ but there is:
> BOOTMGR[2]> help
> boot            Boot/Load and Run kernel or executable
> install         Proceed to install new IPSO image
> halt            Halt the system
> setenv          Set Environment Variable
> unsetenv        Clear Environment Variable
> printenv        Print Environment Variables
> passwd          Set password for system
> ls              List Directory
> sysinfo         Display System Information
> unsetalias      Clear System alias
> setalias        Set System alias
> showalias       Show System aliases
> set-defaults    Set bootmgr defaults
> netconfig       Configure network boot parameters
> 
> If it has been set, and lost then the only ways to recover this are:
> - Use a know good IP330 and copy its disk image to the broken.
> - Return to Nokia to do above
> - Try to brute force the passwd
> 
> Regards
> 
> Gareth
> 
> 
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