F22 and the RPI2B

Jon Ingason jon.ingason at telia.com
Thu Jun 11 10:12:22 UTC 2015


Den 2015-06-11 11:12, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA skrev:
> 
> I tried this yesterday on the ARM list and got no response. Perhaps
> someone here has a suggestion?
> 
> I have Fedora-Xfce-armhfp-22-3-sda.raw installed on an SD card. It runs
> to the initial installation screen and wants a password entered.
> Unfortunately it doesn't recognize the keyboard and mouse inputs.
> 
> So, I should be able to SSH into it but again since I haven't created a
> password:
> 
> [bobg at box10 ~]$ ssh -XC bobg at 192.168.1.83
> bobg at 192.168.1.83's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> 
> I found Googling:
> 
> /mnt/etc/sdcard/passwd  To start without passwd remove "x" from the root
> line as below:
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash  > root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

Check if you have /mnt/etc/sdcard/shadow. If you have then remove the
hashed pasword for root ie:

root:<hashed password>::0:99999:7::: -> root:::0:99999:7:::
> 
> I did that but it still wont let me in, just "try again."
> 
> What else can I try to work around this?
> 
> Any suggestion appreciated,
> 
> Bob
> 


-- 
Regards

Jon Ingason



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