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aditya3098 · 07-11-2012, 07:44 AM

I was trying to change the home dir for root from /tmp/root to /home/root and made the edits to /etc/passwd. I am now unable to ssh into my kindle as it rejects the password. The thing is, if I use the kindle XTerm, and type in 'login', enter in root as user and my password, it works. How can I get the ssh working again?
Also, if I restore the original passwd file, it gets back to normal

07-11-2012, 07:44 AM	#1
aditya3098 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 1588610 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe	Problem with passwd and ssh I was trying to change the home dir for root from /tmp/root to /home/root and made the edits to /etc/passwd. I am now unable to ssh into my kindle as it rejects the password. The thing is, if I use the kindle XTerm, and type in 'login', enter in root as user and my password, it works. How can I get the ssh working again? Also, if I restore the original passwd file, it gets back to normal Last edited by aditya3098; 07-11-2012 at 07:51 AM.