[SATLUG] Add unprivileged user to WRT-54G running dd-wrt?

[Wayne Walker]

cp /etc/passwd /tmp/
rm /etc/passwd
cp /tmp/passwd /etc/

Now add your user and reboot.  should be fine.

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 08:14:49AM -0600, Sean Carolan wrote:
> Does anyone know how to add an unprivileged user to a Linksys WRT-54GL
> running the dd-wrt firmware?  I want to add a regular user account for
> ssh port forwarding, and cannot see how to make it stick.  /etc/passwd
> is a symlink to /tmp/etc/passwd which seems to be overwritten on each
> boot.  I must confess I am not familiar enough with the dd-wrt
> firmware to know how to tackle this one.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sean
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