Command authorization failed.

martell1000

hey everyone i got my 2509 from ebay today and as i fired it up there was still a configuration on it
so i sent a break, changed register and did a start run

so far so good but when i try to do a show run or a conf t i get a

Command authorization failed.

*Mar 1 01:13:03 MET: %AAAA-3-INVSTATE: unknown AUTHOR/CMD: Internal state is invalid: astruct 0x20B0C8 ustruct 0x0
-Traceback= 31839D2 3183744 31B681E 31B73B4 31CC3F4

is there anything i can do about it or just wipe out the config?

hodgey87

It's probably looking for a radius / tacacs server, can you do any show tacacs or show radius commands?

martell1000

i guess thats it

DTSDUS1#show tacacs

Server: 10.1.1.100/49: opens=0 closes=0 aborts=0 errors=0
packets in=0 packets out=0
no connection

Server: 10.2.1.100/49: opens=0 closes=0 aborts=0 errors=0
packets in=0 packets out=0
no connection

is there an easy workaround or should i just "wr" it?

Forsaken_GA

just write erase it (wr will save the config, not kill it) and reboot it. If it gives you command auth failed for write erase, then you get to break and 0x2142 it

martell1000

i already did break and 0x2142 it.
i was trying to take a look at the existing config by copying the startup into the running but i guess i will just do a copy run start (wr) and give it a fresh running config now.

nonetheless thank you all for your help. just waiting for the octal cable now to start my switchlab...