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titimoi
Jan 05, 2015Aspirant
[RESOLVED] Can't SSH login with Root and admin pass
Hello, I've read that to SSH the NAS I had to login with root and the admin password (that was dupplicated at the time SSH was enabled). When doing so I get access demied login as: root roo...
- Jan 05, 2015I just tried the password "password" and I worked, I then realized that the admin user was still active and that the password was never changed..
Sorry for that noob question / answer.
mdgm-ntgr
Jan 05, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Did you try your current admin password? On OS6 when you change the admin password the root password is also changed.
Have you tried an OS Re-install? An OS Re-install will reset the admin and root passwords back to the default password.
Have you tried an OS Re-install? An OS Re-install will reset the admin and root passwords back to the default password.
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