[nsp] recover enable password

[nishal goburdhan]

arun yadav yadav wrote:

 > 
 > Hi all,
 >   I have got a cisco 6509 catalyst switch in my office .
 >   I have lost the enable password of this machine .
 > 
 > Is there any way of recovering it WITHOUT RESTARTING this
 > switch.(the procedure on cisco site requires restarting the
 > switch).This switch is very crucial to network & cannot be
 > restarted.
 > 
 > I have heard that there is a way of getting switch running-config
 > through SNMP & then decoding password through some C language
 > code.
 > 
 > Any help will be GREATLY appreciated
 > 
 > Thanks & Regards
 > Arun

this might help:  http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/477/SNMP/copy_configs_snmp.shtml

"This document shows you how to copy a configuration file to and from a Cisco device by using the CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB..."

--n.