SSH

[Terry Polzin]

On Thursday December 8 2005 20:32, Andy Pieters wrote:
> Hi list
>
> We got this toshiba server and at first couldn't get it working.
>
> After removing the second drive (which is faulty), the server boots up.
>
> Now we can connect to it but there is a big problem!
>
> In the manual it says that there are three default accounts: root,
> telnetuser, and applianceadmin, all with password toshiba.
>
> I just tried all three of them and those are no longer the passwords!  The
> previous owner must have changed them.
>
> I realize this is a bit delicate, but does anyone know of a tool that can
> generate brute force passwords to try over ssh?
>
> Alternatively, what other options are there?  The harddrives are of a very
> tiny model and a ide cable doesn't fit on it.  The server is headless, and
> you can't connect a keyboard to it.

Andy:

I'd boot into rescue mode and vi the /etc/shadow file and remove the passwords 
then reboot normal.  The accounts will then have no password and then you 
could generate your own passwords.
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