Setting The Root Password; Enabling Remote Ssh Access - Cisco IR829 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 5 Guest Operating System (Guest OS) Installation and Configuration
Command
telnet 9.1.2.1 2070
EXAMPLE
Poky 9.0 (Yocto Project 1.4 Reference Distro) 1.4 qemux86 ttyS0
qemux86 login: root
root@qemux86:~#

Setting the Root Password

Guest OS does not have a default root password. To set a root password, at the GOS prompt enter the
following command.
You must set a root password before turning on SSH access.
Note
Command
[GOS] # passwd
EXAMPLE
Changing password for user root.
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[GOS]#
An alternate method for changing the root password is shown in the following example:
IR800#iox host exec "resetpw cisco" IR800-GOS-1
Password reset successfully.

Enabling Remote SSH Access

By default, SSH access is disabled to prevent unauthorized access to Guest OS. To enable SSH server
on the guest OS:
Launch the vi editor to edit the sshd_config file:
Step 1
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Set the PermitRootLogin and PasswordAuthentication parameters to yes.
Step 2
Purpose
Accesses the Guest OS console. This uses the
IP address of the Gigabit Ethernet 5 port. The
following is the example result:
Purpose
Runs the following UNIX password script. Enter
your desired password at the prompt.
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