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bookreader1 · 11-19-2011, 06:32 PM

well, i just stumbled upon something great--- the kindle does in fact keep track of all the original files md5sums

/test/diags/factory/rootfs_md5_list

so i just verified that my showlog and ServerConfig are pristine.

so it is plausible that even if you restore to factory fresh, they can blacklist

however i am now even more suspecting that i must have changed my root password.

because my /etc/shadow md5 does not match what it should be

so my theory is, if i can just change my root password back to what amazon thinks it should be, or if somehow here could just post their /etc/shadow for 3.1, i will be good to go

EDIT-- OK. i am running a script now to check if indeed any other files have been changed....

11-19-2011, 06:32 PM	#15
bookreader1 Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle	well, i just stumbled upon something great--- the kindle does in fact keep track of all the original files md5sums /test/diags/factory/rootfs_md5_list so i just verified that my showlog and ServerConfig are pristine. so it is plausible that even if you restore to factory fresh, they can blacklist however i am now even more suspecting that i must have changed my root password. because my /etc/shadow md5 does not match what it should be so my theory is, if i can just change my root password back to what amazon thinks it should be, or if somehow here could just post their /etc/shadow for 3.1, i will be good to go EDIT-- OK. i am running a script now to check if indeed any other files have been changed.... Last edited by bookreader1; 11-19-2011 at 07:04 PM.