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I downloaded a custom firmware and now telnet no longer prompts me for a password. What’s going on?

April 26, 2017Custom downloaded firmware going longer password prompts telnet

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I downloaded a custom firmware and now telnet no longer prompts me for a password. What’s going on?

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Since we don’t know the stock root password and cannot overwrite the existing passwd file with a firmware flash (yet), we need an easy way to gain root access. Thus we are forced to automatically open the root shell prompt, enabling the user to make some needed changes.