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diabeticlefty
Jun 27, 2024Aspirant
Accessing root for ReadyNAS 3312
Model: ReadyNAS 3312 Firmware: 6.10.10 I am trying to login to my ReadyNAS 3312 as root to grant my admin account the ability to cd to some of my shares (necessary for an rsync operation I am do...
- Jun 27, 2024
diabeticlefty wrote:
haven't been able to locate the path where sudo is located
Tha't because it's not there.
diabeticlefty wrote:
Is there any way to actually login as root (or to set the root password)?
Try changing the admin password from the web ui, and then see if you can log in as root.using the new password.
StephenB
Jun 27, 2024Guru - Experienced User
diabeticlefty wrote:
haven't been able to locate the path where sudo is located
Tha't because it's not there.
diabeticlefty wrote:
Is there any way to actually login as root (or to set the root password)?
Try changing the admin password from the web ui, and then see if you can log in as root.using the new password.
- diabeticleftyJun 27, 2024Aspirant
Thank you for the quick response. That did the trick.
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