frontroyalcpu Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I did not want to start a new thread but here goes. I just received my Pineapple. After an hour getting the networking to finally work, I logged into the pineapple and was getting used to the web interface. I decided the first thing I should do i change the password for root. Now I can't login using neither the default or my new password. I do get to the login using ssh. I tried resetting via the power button many times and different intervals. Any further assistance is greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I did not want to start a new thread but here goes. I just received my Pineapple. After an hour getting the networking to finally work, I logged into the pineapple and was getting used to the web interface. I decided the first thing I should do i change the password for root. Now I can't login using neither the default or my new password. I do get to the login using ssh. I tried resetting via the power button many times and different intervals. Any further assistance is greatly appreciated. I'm pretty sure that's a bug with the firmware they are sent out with. SSH to it as root, run passwd. Strongly suggest updating firmware ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontroyalcpu Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I'm pretty sure that's a bug with the firmware they are sent out with. SSH to it as root, run passwd. Strongly suggest updating firmware ASAP. Maybe it's the newb in me but I did my homework on how to run passwd and from what I gathered that requires me to be logged in as root, which I can't do. I can ssh to the pineapple but stuck at that point. When i try logging in via Ubuntu terminal i get Permissioned denied (publickey,password) message. I am running the following command, sudo ssh root@172.16.42.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesugarat Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 You are not the first one to have such issues. I recall reading about password truncation issues in the forums. You may want to do a little searching in the forums. Personally I haven't encountered that particular issue but I've seen some funky things happen. My advice is to resist the urge to change the password right away while you're at home testing. I know that doens't help you now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontroyalcpu Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 You are not the first one to have such issues. I recall reading about password truncation issues in the forums. You may want to do a little searching in the forums. Personally I haven't encountered that particular issue but I've seen some funky things happen. My advice is to resist the urge to change the password right away while you're at home testing. I know that doens't help you now... I got a response from Shannon via email. I am going to do an exchange. Sadly I will be down for a week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I got a response from Shannon via email. I am going to do an exchange. Sadly I will be down for a week or so. If you haven't sent it back i can help you via skype. If you can SSH to it, you should be able to fix it. Send me a PM if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 After talking with you on skype, and basically by accident, I may have found a solution. If you are using the stock firmware of the pineapple (2.4.1) that you purchased from the HakShop Used the GUI to change your password If your password contains special characters (specifically $) Try: echo YOUR_ELITE_PASS > my_real_passwordcat my_real_password[/CODE]Try using the string returned to you from [CODE]cat my_real_password[/CODE] to login as root.Example:[CODE]protocol@protocol-desktop:~$ echo super$elite > testprotocol@protocol-desktop:~$ cat testsuper[/CODE]So if my new password was "super$elite" when put into the 2.4.1 web GUI, the password to login would be "super" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontroyalcpu Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 After talking with you on skype, and basically by accident, I may have found a solution. If you are using the stock firmware of the pineapple (2.4.1) that you purchased from the HakShop Used the GUI to change your password If your password contains special characters (specifically $) Try: echo YOUR_ELITE_PASS > my_real_passwordcat my_real_password[/CODE]Try using the string returned to you from [CODE]cat my_real_password[/CODE] to login as root.Example:[CODE]protocol@protocol-desktop:~$ echo super$elite > testprotocol@protocol-desktop:~$ cat testsuper[/CODE]So if my new password was "super$elite" when put into the 2.4.1 web GUI, the password to login would be "super"You are my elfin' hero. That fixed the problem!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Glad to help. Update that firmware lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontroyalcpu Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Glad to help. Update that firmware lol The current firmware version is 2.7.0 Time for fun stuff now. Edited December 8, 2012 by frontroyalcpu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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