[arm-allstar] The forgotten root password blues

[KK4MJZ Repeater Admin]

Thanks David!  I will give this a try!



> On Apr 11, 2020, at 02:29, Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> From an earlier message...  It involves a few step and in many cases it
> might be easier to just re-setup the node. Your choice....
> 
> I've gotten a few e-mail messages requesting more info about editing the
> /etc/shadow file.  So, here it is.....
> 
> First, make a backup copy of this file, something like:
> 
> cd /etc
> cp shadow shadow.backup
> 
> Then, here is what the contents looks like. Your file will probably be
> slightly different. That's fine. Notice that I'm just including the 9
> lines of the file. The remainder was below the <snip>. Don't truncate this
> file when editing!
> 
> [root at Allstar-inttek etc]# cat shadow
> root:$6$l7HzU5Ge$i.yO6XqGhbFnQQxLUI/NZoD2k23vbEhASTlV.cP40cFrsWpmfo3i5BEKyD0ZKFeE4guXsgsmgX0270cSBW3ir/:17684::::::
> bin:x:14871::::::
> daemon:x:14871::::::
> mail:x:14871::::::
> ftp:x:14871::::::
> http:x:14871::::::
> uuidd:x:14871::::::
> dbus:x:14871::::::
> nobody:x:14871::::::
> <snip>
> 
> 
> Note that only the "root" entry contains a password hash---this is the
> second field. The fields are delimited by colons (":"). The first field is
> the account name.
> 
> Rename the "root" account line to something else, like "root_old"...You
> can also remove the old line entirely, if preferred:
> 
> root_old:$6$l7HzU5Ge$i.yO6XqGhbFnQQxLUI/NZoD2k23vbEhASTlV.cP40cFrsWpmfo3i5BEKyD0ZKFeE4guXsgsmgX0270cSBW3ir/:17684::::::
> 
> 
> Now, paste in THIS  new line for the "root" account and save the file. It
> has a hashed password of: HAMfun1901
> 
> root:$6$lOf4wZcQ$J6X9iCrOG9powS9hglu/4ozgEwf.b7wjh3Fq7Tx7p5JXr4EfuQpmgCIjV2Lsxq.lOLnosW9ld6iakF2Fz5F7H1:18235::::::
> 
> 
> So, the /etc/shadow file will now look like:
> 
> 
> [root at Allstar-inttek etc]# cat shadow
> root:$6$l7HzU5Ge$i.yO6XqGhbFnQQxLUI/NZoD2k23vbEhASTlV.cP40cFrsWpmfo3i5BEKyD0ZKFeE4guXsgsmgX0270cSBW3ir/:17684::::::
> root_old:$6$l7HzU5Ge$i.yO6XqGhbFnQQxLUI/NZoD2k23vbEhASTlV.cP40cFrsWpmfo3i5BEKyD0ZKFeE4guXsgsmgX0270cSBW3ir/:17684::::::
> bin:x:14871::::::
> daemon:x:14871::::::
> mail:x:14871::::::
> ftp:x:14871::::::
> http:x:14871::::::
> uuidd:x:14871::::::
> dbus:x:14871::::::
> nobody:x:14871::::::
> <snip>
> 
> 
> You can now place the SD card back in the original RPi and boot.  You
> should be able to login as root with the password: HAMfun1901   ....Then,
> go and change the root password to something else!
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
>> On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 2:26 AM "KK4MJZ Repeater Admin via ARM-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>> 
>> With the numerous hacking attempts, I have changed tons of passwords that
>> I frequently use.  Unfortunately I made my hamvoip ASL extremely hard and
>> had a phone call right after without putting it in my secure password
>> Database.
>> 
>> Ive been reading numerous ways to reset it, but wanted to check to see if
>> there is a certain way everyone here recommends?  Thank you in advance for
>> the help.
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