Cant log in with putty in ssh

[mfe_]

Hello,

i reset my readynas, changed some settings. I enabled the EnableRootSSH http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=617

I logged in installed php5 and mysql.

While i was with putty connected to the nas i changed in the frontview the admin pw.

now i cant log into the nas with putty. i got always the message: access denied. I logged in with root and the same password from admin of the webinterface.

i installed a second third time the EnableRootSSH update. Changed also the admin pw in the frontview. But i got always the same message: access denied.

have anyone a idea what i can do?

greetings

[dbott67]

After installation of the EnableSSH add-on, the root password is set to the admin password, however, they are in fact separate accounts. The root password is likely still whatever your previous admin password was.

In order to change the root password, you need to ssh into the NAS as root & use the passwd command.

[mfe_]

omg!

i got it. i dont know why, but, the root got the default pwd netgear1...

[dbott67]

i dont know why, but, the root got the default pwd netgear1.

Likely because the "admin" password was set to 'netgear1' during the very first installation of EnableRootSSH.

[aanetcon]

Did similiar thing, and could not locate instructions as to what may have been wrong.
End result was that I could not log in as root.
My solution was to perform factory reset, full reload and reconfigure.

PITA, that there is such poor documentation of such critical elements!!!
Suggest that needs to be appropriate instruction/comment about change of password etc.
Is better to have an excess of documentation, than a void!

Tony

[mdgm]

Rather than take such a drastic step to factory default, it would have been better to post on the forums.

EnableRootSSH is only recommended for advanced users. Questions about it are usually answered on the forums.

[SiegeX]

I have this same exact problem. I am not the original owner of the ReadyNAS so I don't know what the original admin password was set to, nor do I know how to contact the previous owner. I've gone into frontview and changed the admin password and it still refuses to login as the 'root' user. I should note that in the 'Installed Add-ons' in frontview, I do not see anything listed referring to SSH, the only listing is 'ReadyNAS Remote'. On a whim I tried 'netgear1' and that did not work either.

What recourse do I have besides a factory reset, and will a factory reset touch any of the data on my disks?

Thanks

P.S.
I just installed 4.2.9 firmware prior to installing EnableRootSSH

[mdgm]

I should note that in the 'Installed Add-ons' in frontview, I do not see anything listed referring to SSH

Enabling Root SSH access is irreversible and has no need for a web interface.

What recourse do I have besides a factory reset, and will a factory reset touch any of the data on my disks?

A factory reset, wipes all data, settings, everything. After a factory reset, all data is gone, and is pretty much unrecoverable.

Rather than going down that drastic route, there is something else you can try first:

Go to System > Config Backup and download a zip of the configuration. Unzip the file and go to the /etc/shadow file. Modify the line for root to be the same as the line for admin except for the username of course. zip the config backup up again and restore using Frontview.

You should then be able to login using SSH using username root and the password currently set for admin.

If you have problems with this you can contact technical support and possibly send a PM to chirpa and it should be any easy fix for a L3 or greater tech from NetGear to fix your system.

i got it. i dont know why, but, the root got the default pwd netgear1...

You can easily change this using the passwd command when logged in to SSH as root.

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MDGMs-macbook:~ MDGM$ ssh root@ip.address.of.nas
root@ip.address.of.nas's password:
Linux MDGM-NAS 2.6.17.8ReadyNAS #1 Tue Jun 9 18:34:15 PDT 2009 padre unknown
MDGM-NAS:~# passwd
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully


[BigBearf]

@mdgm
Thanks for the tip regarding password change via SSH. It worked like a charm. Learn something new everyday.
bigbearf

[mdgm]

@mdgm
Thanks for the tip regarding password change via SSH. It worked like a charm. Learn something new everyday.
bigbearf

Yeah, I sometimes say that too. After a firmware re-install, my backup NAS had it's SSH password reset to default. I then learnt how to change it using SSH. There's a lot you can do on the command line.

When you first install the EnableRootSSH add-on, the password hash will be the same for admin and root. Once you change either, even if you then change the other, the password hash will be different. This isn't really that important though.

[SiegeX]

Go to System > Config Backup and download a zip of the configuration. Unzip the file and go to the /etc/shadow file. Modify the line for root to be the same as the line for admin except for the username of course. zip the config backup up again and restore using Frontview.

That is an awesome tip and I can apply that to more than just the shadow file. I could use this method to alter /etc/hosts on our production system without needing to enable SSH.

Thanks!

[mdgm]

That is an awesome tip

Yeah. I think chirpa came up with it. I think I read him making it recently.