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Misleading SSH passwd message in telnet session. How to get telnet back?
Hi everyone, I've opened telnet session through debug.htm and fisrt thing a saw was this message: === IMPORTANT ============================ Use 'passwd' to set your login password this will d...
Thank you for the heads-up.
I encountered the same message when I telneted into my Orbi. Just like you, my immediate reaction was to set a password and switch to SSH. Fortunately I did a search first on the Internet and found your post. So instead I used the 'find' command to see if any often used sshd exists on the Orbi. It turned out nothing, so I must say there is a very good possibility Orbi doesn't even have an sshd.
To anyone considering to set a password and enable SSH, DON'T DO IT.