Juniper Day One+ MX304 - Page 8

2.
NOTE: You may see messages on the console relang to ZTP and DHCP. These messages stop once your
remove the ZTP statements from the default conguraon.
Congure your serial port for 9600 bps/8-N-1, and aach the cable to the CON port of the desired Roung-
Engine. Log in as the “root” user. No password is needed.
FreeBSD/amd64 (Amnesiac) (ttyu0)
login: root
root@:~ #
3. Start the CLI.
root@:~ # cli
root>
4. Enter conguraon mode.
cli> configure
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root#
5. Set the root authencaon password by entering either a plain text password, an encrypted password, or an SSH
public key string (ECDSA, ED25519 or RSA).
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root# set system root-authentication plain-text-password
New password: password
Retype new password: password
or
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root# set system root-authentication encrypted-password encrypted-password
or
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root# set system root-authentication (ssh-ecdsa | ssh-ed25519 | ssh-rsa) public-key
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