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Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Junos (JNCIA-Junos) JN0-106 · Domain 4: Configuration basics

Factory-default configuration and the root-password requirement before the first commit

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Every Junos device ships with a factory-default configuration: a minimal set of statements that lets the device boot and, on some platforms, do something useful straight away. Knowing what it contains and what it lacks explains the first thing you will run into on a new box: Junos will not let you commit anything until you set a root password.

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