As we mentioned, root is the username of the administrative user in OpenWrt. Since this is an extremely powerful account, we need to provide a strong password that you'll remember. Once you have a new password, type it into the “password” field and then repeat it into the “confirmation” field.
Logging in and setting root password. Telnet into the device: > fis create -r 0x80041000 -l 0x180000 -e 0x80041000 linux RedBoot> load -r -b 0x80041000 -m tftp -h 192.168.84.9 openwrt-atheros-root.squashfs RedBoot> fis create -r 0x80041000 -l 0x620000 rootfs RedBoot> fconfig -d boot_script_data fis load -d linux exec RedBoot> reset In fail safe mode, passwd will not ask for the old password (that you may have forgotten): root@(none):~# mount_root switching to jffs2 overlay root@(none):/rom/root# passwd Changing password for root New password: Retype password: passwd: password for root changed by root root@(none):/rom/root# reboot -f As we mentioned, root is the username of the administrative user in OpenWrt. Since this is an extremely powerful account, we need to provide a strong password that you'll remember. Once you have a new password, type it into the “password” field and then repeat it into the “confirmation” field. May 05, 2010 · Unfortunately, I had forgotten the password so I could not SSH in or use the web interface. Since this seems like a common problem I decided to create this post covering resetting the root password in OpenWrt. The procedure to reset the root password is listed as a step by step process below.
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As we mentioned, root is the username of the administrative user in OpenWrt. Since this is an extremely powerful account, we need to provide a strong password that you'll remember. Once you have a new password, type it into the “password” field and then repeat it into the “confirmation” field.
I bought used TP-link router and it use some custom Openwrt firmware. Unfortunately i don't know root password. I got into failsafe mode but when i try conect SSH by user root and leave password blank it says "Permission denied, please try again."