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stevejoung · 11-29-2022, 07:27 AM

Hi, thanks to instruction here I have successfully jailbroken (is that the right word?) my PW1 and installed Kual and USBnet. USBnet works as expected and I have logged onto the Kindle via SSH and WiFi and changed the root password. I can log onto the Kindle via WiFi using the new password without issue. But when I try and log onto the Kindle via SSH on the USB cable I can reach the Kindle but when I'm asked for the root password and input the password which works fine for the WiFi SSH I get the following:

root@192.168.15.244's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@192.168.15.244's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@192.168.15.244's password:
root@192.168.15.244: Permission denied (publickey,password).

What am I doing wrong?

11-29-2022, 07:27 AM	#1
stevejoung Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Different passwords for root for USB and Wifi Hi, thanks to instruction here I have successfully jailbroken (is that the right word?) my PW1 and installed Kual and USBnet. USBnet works as expected and I have logged onto the Kindle via SSH and WiFi and changed the root password. I can log onto the Kindle via WiFi using the new password without issue. But when I try and log onto the Kindle via SSH on the USB cable I can reach the Kindle but when I'm asked for the root password and input the password which works fine for the WiFi SSH I get the following: root@192.168.15.244's password: Permission denied, please try again. root@192.168.15.244's password: Permission denied, please try again. root@192.168.15.244's password: root@192.168.15.244: Permission denied (publickey,password). What am I doing wrong?