Loggy Wrote: > I got a LinkStation because it claimed to be unix compatible. I run a > small network of Linux machines so this seemed to be ideal. I could > SMB mount things but as a backup system it was pretty useless as > inodes, UIDs, GIDs, soft links, hard links etc etc were not > recognised. > > Then I was pointed at various resources that show that the LS runs > Linux under the hood. Except I can't telnet or anything into the box. > The firmware is version 2.0 so it is a MIPS box. > > A quick nmap shows only port 21 (FTP) open (well, you can add 80, 139, > 515, 548 amd 35586 but they are pretty useless AFAIK although it did > confirm that it was running a Linux 2.4.X kernel). > > I can only FTP in as a regular user - it doesn't accept a root password > whatever I set it to - and that only allows me to get to the share > directory - so I can't copy up a new /etc/services file or anything and > reboot. > > Before I throw it back at the shop, how do I change the firmware or > whatever so I can use the box in the manner it is claimed to be able to > work? It does look a nice unit and the idea of a network backup of > 250GB is appealing... > > TIA > > John
The 2.0 MIPS firmware does not allow telnet access. Earlier versions of the PPC firmware do, but not the later ones. There is an open sourcefirmware which gets around this problem and which many people (including me) use with no problems. However, it does involve hacking the box, making it unreturnable. I would suggest the Linkstation Wiki, which contains a lot of detailed information about how to change / replace the firmware to get around the restriction on telnet access. HTH http://linkstationwiki.org/ http://linkstationwiki.org/Articles/MIPSelSlimServer -- Siduhe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21134 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
