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Topic: why couldn't I change password? help!

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Post #1
gd3210
21 Mar 2009, 16:04

steps:

1. Boot failsafe
2.root@OpenWrt:~# passwd
3.enter new password & Confirm it

but "passwd: An error occurred updating the password file."


How could I  handle it??????????

Post #2
obsy
22 Mar 2009, 08:28

1a. mount_root

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