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Note1: telnet (which is started also when you start sshd) does not require a password.
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This worked over USB... thanks for the tip. Not sure why I didn't think of it before.
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Note2: ssh over the USB cable does not require a password.
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Good to know!!
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Note3: Why in the world where you not using public key authentication?
Our dropbear (the sshd server) is patched to look for the public key in USB storage (just so it never gets written over when upgrading).
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I didn't have access to that machine.
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Note4: did you read the fine print at the bottom of that page you tried?
Where it said "tested on my K4?
The K4 was the last model that did not have login by password disabled. All of the K5 devices, since Amazon went to the full image updates, has had password login (for 'main') disabled.
When you generate a password for a K5 from the serial number, you are generating the password used in the 'diags' system, not the 'main' system.
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Who likes reading the fine print!!
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Note5: The new "bridge" code will be able to preserve /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow across full image updates.
(when, if ever, I get it finished.)
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Cool!! Thanks for putting the time and effort into this. I'm not sure if you guys hear that enough, so once again, thank you!!