password with line break problem

RouterOS General
1

Hi!

I got a big mistake, I copy paste from a notepad to a 3.x mikrotik winbox my admin password, and after I couldn’t login to the router any more, I realized that, if I also copy my password another router, it’s to more * characters, that my password is.

Than I copy it back to notepad, and I see, that there’s a newline after my password.

But when I copy it to the winbox login, I got the same character that my password is.

Is it possible, to take a line break (i think that is the 2 more character after my good password) in winbox somehow, or to get in to the router?

Thank you.

2

try add a space char after your password (" ")

3

Hi!

Thanks, your advace, I also try that, but not helped.

4

hmm

If you have backup of the configuration - connect null modem cable and use hyper terminal to:

  • format the nand

  • boot this routerboard not from nand but from ethernet (you have to change boot option)

  • reinstall RouterOS with netinstall

  • after this change boot options to boot from nand

When RouterOS will boot after installation You should have default configuration and login: admin and empty password :slight_smile:

5

you don’t need to do so many things to reset a routerboard. just short-circuit the reset-jumper and boot it, it will clear everything to defaults.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MikroTik_Password_Recovery

6

I like doing so many things :slight_smile: