Front panel security password-clear

From the configure context:

Syntax


no front-panel-security password-clear <RESET-ON-CLEAR> | factory-reset | password-recovery | diagnostic-reset <CLEAR-BUTTON | SERIAL-CONSOLE>

Description

Enable the ability to clear the password(s) and/or configuration via the front panel buttons.

no disables the password clear option.

Parameters

If password-clear is disabled, the password(s) cannot be reset using the clear button on the front panel of the device.
If factory-reset is disabled, the configuration/password(s) can not be reset using the clear and reset button combination at boot time.
When password-recovery is enabled (and the front panel buttons disabled), a lost password can be recovered by contacting customer support.
When password-recovery is disabled, there is no way to access a device after losing a password with the front panel buttons disabled.
If diagnostic-reset is disabled, the user cannot perform a diagnostic switch reset on those rare events where the switch becomes unresponsive to user input because of unknown reason(s).
If diagnostic-reset is enabled, the user can perform a diagnostic hard reset which will capture valuable diagnostic data and reset the switch.

Parameters