How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

[testingthis]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

does this work on dm600 gemini 4.7.0?

edit: didnt work

[davidbcn]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

Hello,
can someone explain me how to execute it??? I am not getting it at all :/
Thanks

[khalidomar]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

This has been headache to me and may you be blessed because finally i have seen light on this issue of root password

I'm glad you found this thread useful. Let us know if we can be of anymore help

[nyamunga]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

This has been headache to me and may you be blessed because finally i have seen light on this issue of root password

[erno]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

All unixes have a root user, that can execute all scripts with maximum of privileges.
What the script does is replacing the /etc/passwd file with one containing the standard "dreambox" password for user root.

[edin4o]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

Tried it for Nabilosat Darkstar II image..doesn't work

[sqazilou]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

did this works for other box like visionnet lx 7500s ?

[sonc]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

The plugin doesn't show you the username/password. It switches the current 'passwd' file (which stores the usernames and passwords), to a default passwd file.

You should then be able to login as root with password dreambox.

[smukaj]

Re: How to Change ROOT Password even when TUXBOX is Password protected

i tried this, i cannot see the username and password

[khalidomar]

Here is how you can change the root password on dreambox even if Tuxbox is password protected or other methods fail:

Obviously if you don't have root access you won’t be able to FTP this plugin to the Dreambox. The way around this is to mount a shared folder on your PC to the dreambox, then do a manual plugin install on the box, browse to the mounted share and pick it up from there.

When you run the attached plugin "password_switcher", it replaces the passwd file with one where 'dreambox' is the root password and stores the original elsewhere. If you run it a second time it swaps back the old file, setting the password back to the one you don't know.

This is how set up a network mount for your folder with the plugin:

On your PC (See attached snapshots)

1. Create a folder somewhere on the PC. (Dont use any spaces in the name)
2. Right Click the folder -> Select Properties -> Select the Sharing tab -> Tick 'Share this folder on the network' and if you want to write to it tick 'Allow network users to change my files'.
3. Click 'Apply'

On the Dreambox

1. Go to Blue Panel -> Extras / Setup -> Automount
2. Press the yellow button to add a new share.
3. Leave the mount point as 'nfs'.
4. Change the Client IP to that of your PC.
5. In the dropdown menu select 'cifs'
6. In 'Client dir' enter the name of the folder you created earlier.
7. Enter your PC username and password in the provided slots.
8. Press the Green button to save.

You may have to press the green button a second time in the Auto mount main menu 'restart'.

The mounted folder will appear under /automount/nfs. It wont appear in the plugins menu, but you can browse to the file and execute it with tux commander.