Thread: OpenSSH rootme
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Originally Posted by FeDeX View Post
I have installed OpenSSH on my Nokia770 and now I am trying to get root access, but it doesn't work. After typing
"ssh root@localhost" and then
"rootme" I constantly get this message:
"Permission denied, try again:".

The device was bought on ebay, and looked absolutely new, but now i have a suspicion, that someone has changed root password. I hope it is just a bug (of xterm, openssh or something else). Any advises/opinions?
Did you not get asked to enter a root password when you installed openssh?

There are other ways to get root access though if openssh isn't working for you.
One of the simplest is to install the becomeroot package and then just 'sudo gainroot' in an xterm as user. You can then reset your root password to whatever you like.
 

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