[arm-allstar] Can't login node / password changed issues

[David McGough]

Ken,

The "stock" /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf file found on HamVoIP hasn't 
changed in years. The last time it changed was about 08/2016.


73, David KB4FXC


On Thu, 17 Sep 2020, "Ken via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> Just a follow-up on this one:  Having retrieved the SD card and replacing
> the root password per instructions on the web site, what we found was that
> the node had basically lost its ability to recognized ANY root login.   The
> SD card  had some errors on it that (I am told) are typical when a Raspberry
> Pi is powered down while running  (and of course with no root log in we had
> to do that).  During its lifetime prior to this problem the node had never
> seen a power outage.
> 
> So it's a bit of a mystery.
> 
> One thing I learned was that - in the configuration files - the
> "asterisk.conf" file changes from release to release.  Do not copy an old
> one into a new install. This is not a user configuration, from the stand
> point of a node operator.
> 
> 73
> Ken
> 
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:51:07 -0400
> From: "Ken" <ke2n at cs.com>
> To: <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Login password changed automatically
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> It looks like our HamVOIP root password for SSH has changed itself in the
> last couple of days.
> 
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> 
> Has anyone figured out how this happens?  We are using a nonstandard port
> for SSH.
> 
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> 
> Ken  - KE2N
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:06:02 -0400 (EDT)
> From: David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net>
> To: Ken <ke2n at cs.com>
> Cc: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Login password changed automatically
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> 
> Ken,
> 
> There is no way the password should change unexpectedly. Follow up with me
> off-list, if you would like for me to take a look at the node.
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2020, Ken wrote:
> 
> > It looks like our HamVOIP root password for SSH has changed itself in 
> > the last couple of days.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Has anyone figured out how this happens?  We are using a nonstandard 
> > port for SSH.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Ken  - KE2N
> >