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Old 05-20-2016, 12:24 AM   #109
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Okay, I reinstalled usbnet as recommended after a firmware upgrade. Now sshd starts and I get a shell, but the password generated by kindletool does not work. I can still login with telnet, but I see /etc/shadow contains no password hashes. I was also told that the root account is locked. So should I create a root password from telnet then, or is there something else I should do instead?

EDIT: Okay, I made backup copies of /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd, then I changed the password to what kindletool said. Passwd says "too weak" but accepts it anyway. Now I can login with SSH. Even better, I can leave it ALWAYS in usbnet mode, and use SCP to transfer files. No more fighting with the unreliable touchscreen. Though this makes it unreliable as a reading device, it is fine for development and testing purposes (at least for apps that do no depend on a touchscreen). And this makes me want to add mouse (and mouse cursor) support anyway.

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