Livebox (Inventel DV4210) Filesystem Root Access

There are a couple of options available for this, you can either remove the requirement to login completely or change the password for 'root' access.

  • To remove the requirement to login, you need to change the file /etc_ro_fs/inittab from
    # disaster recovery if necessary
    ::wait:/etc_ro_fs/init.d/sysinit
    # system initialisation
    ::wait:/etc_ro_fs/init.d/rc.sysinit
    # bash
    ::askfirst:-/bin/login
    #::askfirst:-/bin/sh --login
    to
    # disaster recovery if necessary
    ::wait:/etc_ro_fs/init.d/sysinit
    # system initialisation
    ::wait:/etc_ro_fs/init.d/rc.sysinit
    # bash
    #::askfirst:-/bin/login
    ::askfirst:-/bin/sh --login
  • To remove the password for root, change the 'root' entry in /etc_ro_fs/passwd from
    root:$1$pYf7MyKG$pVYskWhG47zMmpoBBJGM10:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
    to
    root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
    This will allow you to login at a command prompt without needing to know the password. Once you have logged in you can create a password for the 'root' account by typing 'passwd' and following the prompts (assuming that busybox has the passwd applet enabled). This will create a new password for 'root' that you would need to enter in order to login.
    AndyP