Problem fixed. Thanks all for the ideas and tips. SNMP write and a working tftp server were critical. I struggled with SNMP dumps and successfully got that and the tftp server on my allowed address working yesterday. I found out after downloading my config that the admin password was properly configured. I edited the config to add another super user and uploaded the new config to the tnt. I still could not get in but it gave me some good feedback. It gave me a message something like "trying remote authentication" and then timed out. A big DUH went off in my mind. Why was this trying remote authentication for the admin? I had been tweaking the EXTERNAL-AUTH configuration early one morning and had changed cli-user-auth from 'local-then-external' to 'external-only' (based on some docs that said this would speed radius authentication up and not really thinking clearly at 3:00am). To repair the damage I edited the config and added 'set cli-user-auth = local-then-external' then uploaded with snmp. Tom At 08:51 AM 6/22/02 -0500, you wrote: >Help. I can't get admin access to my production TNT since an ethernet card >install and firmware upgrade. I followed my own well documented >instructions as used in previous firmware updates. > >I get messages like this while attempting to login from either a telnet >session or the console port: > >User: admin >Password: >Login incorrect >Remote Authentication server timeout. > >I do have SNMP write access from restricted hosts so I also tried Patrick >Marshalls excellent advice (from the archives) to reset the config as follows: > >------------------- >If you know the RW SNMP community string then you can tftp the config via >SNMP set commands. > >Set the ip address of the tftp Server >snmpset tnt write .1.3.6.1.4.1.529.9.5.3.0 a 100.100.100.100 > >Set the filename for the tnt to save >snmpset tnt write .1.3.6.1.4.1.529.9.5.4.0 s tnt-config > >set the save command. >snmpset tnt write .1.3.6.1.4.1.529.9.5.1.0 i 3 > >--------------------------------- >It appeared to work flawlessly from my allowed server but I still could not >log-in as admin. I power cycled the tnt to reload the config and I still >could not log-in as admin. > >from my saved TNT config file - password changed - the rest is accurate > >; saving profiles of type USER >new USER >set name = admin >set password = password >set allow-termserv = yes >set allow-system = yes >set allow-diagnostic = yes >set allow-update = yes >set allow-password = yes >set allow-code = yes >set idle-logout = 60 >set log-display-level = error >write -f >; >new USER >set name = default >write -f > >Any advice would be appreciated. Do I have to nindy this thing? Is there >a bug in 10.0.0 that does not allow admin rights? > >Many thanks, > >Tom > >++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ >To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com >Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/ > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/