keywords: password recovery factory reset 4000-5000-6000 While many network devices have a procedure variously termed "password recovery", vbricks are different. Our understanding is that PWs MD5 hashes are stored within the device. There is a special user "override", not visible within the admin interface and not mentioned in the manual. The password for this special user can be provided by Vbrick, based on information that can be read from the LCD display once the brick has booted. With other devices -- e.g. cisco switches -- there is a power-on procedure that works for a short time after application of power that will clear the PW. VBricks have no such capability. This is bad news for people that get Vbricks on eBay.