Reset Admin password

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
October 14, 2022
4 replies
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Hi,

Switch details as follows:

Model: FortiSwitch-108E-POE

Firmware version: v7.0.3,build0058

Stand alone mode.

We have a situation where an admin changed the password and has since left and is not contactable.

I have tried pressing <space> during boot (no login prompt came up for me to use the maintainer account as with the Fortigates) and get presented with this menu:

[G]: Get firmware image from TFTP server.
[F]: Format boot device.
[I]: Configuration and Information.
[U]: Upgrade BIOS image.
[R]: Reboot FortiSwitch.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot.
[H]: Display this list of options.

If I press [I] I get this menu

[S]: Set serial port baudrate.
[C]: Set DHCP Enabled.
[E]: Set restricted mode.
[T]: Set menu timeout.
[P]: Ping an IP address.
[R]: Reset environment to default.
[U]: Upgrade component firmware.
[I]: Display hardware information.
[B]: Display boot information.
[Q]: Quit this menu.
[H]: Display this list of options

Is there a way to change the admin password?

thanks