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ronin712

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Posted: Aug. 25 2004,01:39

How do you log into ssh if you can't set a password? Running passwd (as root) gives an error trying to write the password file.

mikshaw

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Posted: Aug. 25 2004,01:56

AGAIN, I'm just guessing... =o)
I think the passwd file is initially stored on a read-only filesystem. If you install a .dsl extension or do something else to change the root system (somebody help explain this? fuzzy brain today....), you might be able to solve your trouble.

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ronin712

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Posted: Aug. 25 2004,23:25

While I would like to solve the "unchangeable password" problem, what I really want to do is just be able to use ssh.

SSH is included in the base dsl distribution, so presumably it can be used. Is there anyone who has successfully ssh'ed into a dsl box?

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Posted: Aug. 25 2004,23:39

Possibly do "sudo /usr/sbin/sshd" or add it to a startup script. I haven't used it on DSL....perhaps the daemon doesn't start by default.

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ronin712

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Posted: Aug. 26 2004,01:11

It doesn't start by default, but it's easy enough to start by running "/etc/init.d/ssh start". I can even connect to it remotely, but I have no idea what username or password will let me log in.

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