Hi Jakob,
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:10:39PM +0100, Jakob Steidl wrote:
> I am trying to recover my Asus WL500gP, which I didnt use for over two
> years now. Basically I just want to put on a fresh firmware on it.
> The problems are that I neither have the root password anymore (I know,
> I know..) nor seem the failsafe and recovery modes to work. (Hence no
> update via TFTP)
Hrm, that's what I wanted to suggest after just having read the
subject of your mail.
> I can login via SSH as admin user, but no "su" working.
... due to the missing password, I suspect.
> And is it possible that the failsafe or recovery more is broken?
I thought the recovery mode where you upload firmware via TFTP is
hard-wired in the device. (Not sure though.)
> When starting the device while the reset button is being pressed, the
> power led is actually flashing, but the device is not pingable at
> 192.168.1.1.
Hmmm, maybe at some other IP? (I'm currnetly not sure if that IP is
hard-wired, too, or if it comes from the NVRAM settings.)
> The same thing applies when using the failsafe mode via the FreeWRT's
> tool. According to wireshark the device also doesnt sent out any
> packages as required by the failsafe mode.
Was there a switch between the device and wireshark? That one may have
filtered out some packages.
Completely different ideas:
Try a brute-force password cracker (/etc/passwd has
permissions 644 on my system) like John The Ripper or, if you remember
parts of the root password, Lepthon's Cracker looks promising.
Kind regards, Axel
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