bitterrotten Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I changed the root password in the web interface and now I can't get in with either my new password or the default, pineapplesareyummy. Holding the reset button for 30 seconds seems to have no effect. 1. My password used an apostrophe. Is it possible that that character was botched when passing it through to sh? And if so, might that mean I can use an escaped code for the apostrophe? 2. The other forum posts that mention password issues lead me to believe that my only recourse is reflashing the thing but I'm finding this hard to swallow. There's gotta be SOMETHING else I can do, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbi3 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Have you tried sshing into it? If the apostrophe did happen to mess something up from the web interface you should be able to login via ssh and change it. If that doesn't work try rebooting the pineapple and then repeat the steps. If that still doesn't work then you will probably need to flash it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitterrotten Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Yep. Can't ssh in. Both the default and the new password are rejected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebkinne Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 First of all, always say what firmware version you are on. Secondly, where did you ever read holding the reset button for 30s would work? This is false information. It has been said numerous times, the reset button should be held 5-10 seconds. Anything between that will trigger the reset script. Make sure that the pineapple is fully booted beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitterrotten Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Ah. Apologies for the dumb mistakes. You are correct. Around 6 seconds, the WLAN light went off for a while, came back, same results. Tried the reset again and now I'm back in. I'm on 2.7.0 which I also see is right before a reset update. Sorry & Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Try the password up to, but not including, the quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebkinne Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Try the password up to, but not including, the quote Yeah, this should work. 2.7.1 has an update to the reset button AND to the password field, sanitizing it better. I suggest you upgrade soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitterrotten Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Try the password up to, but not including, the quote The first word in my password was "It's". If I remember my panicked password entries from yesterday, I think I tried "It" and that was rejected as well. Yeah, this should work. 2.7.1 has an update to the reset button AND to the password field, sanitizing it better. I suggest you upgrade soon! I'll be upgrading as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cokedick_louie Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Try the password up to, but not including, the quote Thank you, worked for me. So glad I don't have to install all of those modules again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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