210-060 · Question #355
Which two actions does the pwrec command accomplish in a Cisco VCS appliance? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is D. changes root password E. changes admin password. The pwrec command on Cisco VCS is a password recovery utility that resets the two privileged built-in system accounts: root and admin.
Question
Which two actions does the pwrec command accomplish in a Cisco VCS appliance? (Choose two.)
Options
- AChanges SSH password
- BChanges Telnet password
- Cchanges any user account password
- Dchanges root password
- Echanges admin password
How the community answered
(47 responses)- A2% (1)
- B2% (1)
- C6% (3)
- D89% (42)
Why each option
The pwrec command on Cisco VCS is a password recovery utility that resets the two privileged built-in system accounts: root and admin.
SSH is an access protocol, not a separate account - SSH credentials are bound to the admin or root accounts, and pwrec does not manage protocol-level passwords independently.
Telnet is a legacy access protocol whose credentials are also tied to existing system accounts; pwrec does not provide a Telnet-specific password change function.
pwrec is scoped exclusively to the root and admin built-in accounts - it cannot reset arbitrary or custom user account passwords on the VCS appliance.
The pwrec command directly resets the root account password on the Cisco VCS appliance, which is the underlying Linux system superuser account required for low-level system access and maintenance.
The pwrec command also resets the admin account password, which is the primary administrative account used to manage and configure the VCS through its web interface and CLI.
Concept tested: Cisco VCS appliance password recovery with pwrec
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/telepresence/infrastructure/vcs/admin_guide/Cisco_VCS_Administrator_Guide-X8-11.html
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