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How can I retrieve a lost root password?
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<blockquote data-quote="nota995" data-source="post: 520011" data-attributes="member: 263526"><p>Found this reply to the same problem on another web site... not sure if this might help.</p><p></p><p>The hard but doable way:</p><p>1. I would download and install a free DNS server for either windows or linux. Bind would do. I would then find out what server for example Hydra (if thats what you're using) downloads plugins from by examining the cpanel of another box or by simply asking for the URL here.</p><p></p><p>2. I would then add a zone for that host in my newly installed DNS server and point it to my personal web server for which I have full control over, and then change the DNS server used in the dreambox to point to that DNS server (In Network setup).</p><p></p><p>3. At last I would create a new tar.gz file called the same as one of the plugins available for download, and place that in the correct folder on my web server. This file would contain just a new version of the file /var/etc/passwd.</p><p></p><p>4. Download the plugin from cpanel, and voila, you have successfully resetted your password.</p><p></p><p>The easy way:</p><p>Ask the imagemaker of your image to make a download called 'Password Reset' containing just a fresh version of /var/etc/passwd and place that on their list of available downloads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nota995, post: 520011, member: 263526"] Found this reply to the same problem on another web site... not sure if this might help. The hard but doable way: 1. I would download and install a free DNS server for either windows or linux. Bind would do. I would then find out what server for example Hydra (if thats what you're using) downloads plugins from by examining the cpanel of another box or by simply asking for the URL here. 2. I would then add a zone for that host in my newly installed DNS server and point it to my personal web server for which I have full control over, and then change the DNS server used in the dreambox to point to that DNS server (In Network setup). 3. At last I would create a new tar.gz file called the same as one of the plugins available for download, and place that in the correct folder on my web server. This file would contain just a new version of the file /var/etc/passwd. 4. Download the plugin from cpanel, and voila, you have successfully resetted your password. The easy way: Ask the imagemaker of your image to make a download called 'Password Reset' containing just a fresh version of /var/etc/passwd and place that on their list of available downloads. [/QUOTE]
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