Enabling root account on SLX OS

By default, the root account on the virtual machine (VM) is disabled. To log into root, you can log into the SLX-OS CLI and enable the root account from global configuration mode by using this command.

root enable

In rare cases, SLX-OS CLI may not be available to enable the root account.

Note
The default password for the root account on the VM is fibranne.

The ability to enable the root account and recover the root credentials (password) depends on the uboot environment variable. When the variable is set, it executes the root recovery logic based on the parameter set. The variable is not preserved across reboot. Every time a reboot occurs, the root account is disabled by default and this variable has to be set again to enable it unless the root account was not enabled from global configuration mode.