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Root Access Denied with SSH Enabled
I am trying to get Crashpan running on my Ultra 4. To do this I need Root access via SSH with PuTTY. I have installed EnableRootSSH but when I log in as Root with my normal Admin password I get an acc...
Thanks siigna & mdgm
I'm not sure of the implications of mdgm's post but here's what I've done - I backed up Users and groups, then opened the zip file in 7-Zip. I double clicked the /etc/shadow file to open it in Notepad (I can't get it to open in Notepad++ unless I extract the file and after mdgm's post I was trying to avoid doing that) and replaced the root: line as far as the 3 colons - Notepad doesn't separate the lines well.
I then saved and closed shadow, closed 7-Zip and restored the backup. The readyNAS wanted to reboot so I let it. When it rebooted I did another backup and checked that the line had indeed replaced. I also extracted shadow file to my desktop and checked it in Notepad++. Everything looks OK, the root line is excatly the same as the one siigna gave me.
Unfortunately still getting Access Denied when I try to log in as root
I'm not sure of the implications of mdgm's post but here's what I've done - I backed up Users and groups, then opened the zip file in 7-Zip. I double clicked the /etc/shadow file to open it in Notepad (I can't get it to open in Notepad++ unless I extract the file and after mdgm's post I was trying to avoid doing that) and replaced the root: line as far as the 3 colons - Notepad doesn't separate the lines well.
I then saved and closed shadow, closed 7-Zip and restored the backup. The readyNAS wanted to reboot so I let it. When it rebooted I did another backup and checked that the line had indeed replaced. I also extracted shadow file to my desktop and checked it in Notepad++. Everything looks OK, the root line is excatly the same as the one siigna gave me.
Unfortunately still getting Access Denied when I try to log in as root
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