Yes, busybox warns about a weak or short password, but "root" is allowed to have a weak password and busybox does change the password for "root" despite the displayed weak/short warning. As most users run Openwrt/LEDE/LuCI as "root", the check on console is just for display.
Now that the firmware is installed, go to the OpenWrt login screen at https://192.168.1.1 Then login using the username root and no password. When you are on the main page, click the button on the "No Password Set!" prompt. Enter a strong password and click "Save & Apply." OpenWRT Setup on Raspberry Pi | PcMac RaspberryPi Nov 19, 2019 Permission denied on ssh failsafe : openwrt 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." OpenWRT - PureVPN The steps below were tested on OpenWrt 18.06 running set on a Linksys E900 router that has the luci app openvpn plugin on site, so it might not be same on your firmware: 1. Update and install OpenVPN client package. Login as root to the router via SSH using Terminal, or a client of your choice i.e PuTTY
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3 Way to Factory Reset OpenWrt Router Without Reset button Software Reset. Software reset also called soft reset of the router. Soft factory reset method is … Resetting the root password in OpenWrt | Karsmic's blog
After I tftp the image to my Buffalo router, I telnet in, set the root password with passwd, then reboot, and it refuses to let me log in via ssh. Here are some log entries from the attempt: Dec 5 16:04:29 OpenWrt authpriv.info dropbear[2353]: Child connection from 192.168.15.97:25650 Dec 5 16:04:31 OpenWrt authpriv.warn dropbear[2353]: Bad
Aug 22, 2018 OpenWRT on Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+ — aspyct.org OpenWRT 18.06.1 is not working on RPi 3B+ due to a problem with the GPU (which is responsible for the boot process). (RSA) to the list of known hosts. motd root@OpenWrt:~# passwd Changing password for root New password: Retype password: passwd: password for root changed by root To facilitate initial setup, you may choose to set OpenWRT LEDE/OpenWRT — Factory Resetting. Sometimes you’ll find Mar 08, 2017 OpenWRT Home Server - Installation and Configuration Nov 29, 2016