Wrong SSH password after update from 158 to 159

Troubleshooting
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Hi,

I just did something you should never do on my XU4 system
I updated a running system :blush: from 158 to 159

Now I cant login via WinSCP nor with Putty.
It asks for user, so “root”
But then it doesn’t take the standard “dietpi” passoword.

Didn’t change anything else.
Any tipps?

greetz
Schnitzelbrain

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Just tried user “dietpi” instead of “root” with password “dietpi” and i am in.

On the changelog page in the picture the user root is still seen.

So what gives?


Schnitzelbrain

Merry xmas for everyone :smiley:

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Ok, solved myself .
I used dietpi-config with sudo under user dietpi login to change the root password to dietpi again.

Worked out.

Jeez that was a xmas heart attack, almost.

Schnitzelbrain

EDIT:Typo

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Hmm … how have you trigger this update?

dietpi@DietPi:~$ sudo dietpi-update

:question:

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Hi k-plan,

yes as you mentioned

dietpi@DietPi:~$ sudo dietpi-update

without the sudo as I always login as root.

My fix was not persistant as after reboot it was gone again. I am not sure as it could also be a problem with my ssh connaction PC wise.
What I did to finally solve this was:

Restored my Backup (taken just before update)
The fault was still there but I was on 158 again.
Reversed the SSH Server back to Dropbear via Dietpi menues
Then the root login was already working, also after power reset and reboot
Re-installed SSH Server and from that point on it was ok.

When changing from/to dropbear and back I realized that my putty was asking for an update of the keys. maybe there was something messed up as it didn’t ask for an update after I did the 159 Update.
It also asked for it when logging in as dietpi user, so I asume thats why this one worked.

Next time I try to look for an forced key update from putty or WinSCP, but for now I keep it as is :rofl:

Greeztz