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What are the credentials to telnet/ftp to Kobo?
I have a Kobo Libra 2 with nickelmenu setup, which allow me to start an FTP and Telnet server. How can i login to them? I dont seem to be able to find the login credentials anywhere....
root and empty password does not work. anonymous does not work as well... |
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With the latest FW update, there's been a change in the login credentials.
Both the username and password are now admin. Last edited by xyclonei; 07-13-2024 at 03:45 PM. |
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Thanks, so much!
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According to the topic, there should be some NickelMenu code for posted here on how to telnet and FTP.
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Jon, reading the first message made it obvious that the OP was already using NickelMenu to start telnet or ftp. What they wanted was the credentials to allow them to login to use them. That information @xyclonei beat me to posting and for which the OP posted their thanks.
Your comment was totally unnecessary. |
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Jon, have you ever bothered to look at the doc file that comes with NickelMenu? Do you recognize the following lines from that file? Did you know that if you remove the #s from the start of the line, it uncomments them?
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# # menu_item :main :Telnet :cmd_spawn :quiet:/bin/mount -t devpts | /bin/grep -q /dev/pts || { /bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts && /bin/mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts; } # chain_success :cmd_spawn :quiet:/usr/bin/pkill -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1023" || true && exec /usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1023 /usr/sbin/telnetd -i -l /bin/login # chain_success :dbg_toast :Started Telnet server on port 1023. # # menu_item :main :FTP :cmd_spawn :quiet:/usr/bin/pkill -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021" || true && exec /usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021 /usr/sbin/ftpd -w -t 30 /mnt/onboard # chain_success :dbg_toast :Started FTP server for KOBOeReader partition on port 1021. # # menu_item :main :Telnet (toggle) :cmd_output :500:quiet :/usr/bin/pkill -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 2023" # chain_success:skip:5 # chain_failure :cmd_spawn :quiet :/bin/mount -t devpts | /bin/grep -q /dev/pts || { /bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts && /bin/mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts; } # chain_success :cmd_spawn :quiet :exec /usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 2023 /usr/sbin/telnetd -i -l /bin/login # chain_success :dbg_toast :Started Telnet server on port 2023 # chain_failure :dbg_toast :Error starting Telnet server on port 2023 # chain_always:skip:-1 # chain_success :dbg_toast :Stopped Telnet server on port 2023 # # menu_item :main :FTP (toggle) :cmd_output :500:quiet: /usr/bin/pgrep -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021" # chain_success:skip:4 # chain_failure :cmd_spawn :quiet :exec /usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021 /usr/sbin/ftpd -w -t 30 /mnt/onboard # chain_success :dbg_toast :Started FTP server for KOBOeReader partition on port 1021 # chain_failure :dbg_toast :Error starting FTP server on port 1021 # chain_always:skip:-1 # chain_success :cmd_spawn :quiet :/usr/bin/pkill -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021" # chain_always :dbg_toast :Stopped FTP server on port 1021 # Last edited by DNSB; 07-16-2024 at 12:57 AM. |
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I do think we need to be aware of the fact that, because of the new colour models, there are suddenly a lot of new Kobo users. They are being directed here from more lighthearted places, and they are looking at recent posts to find answers to their questions. But longtimers know that some of the most useful information is buried deep in topics, perhaps with unrelated subject lines. That said, I'm not volunteering to tidy everything up (yet..!), or add yet another wiki, introductory guide, sticky thread etc. But I do think that when a well-titled post appears, we should not find it beneath us to repeat information or add directions to useful guides for newbies. Over the years I've noticed that MrWolf can be "over-hasty" in his posts, and thus misleading. But I think he has a point here. I would find the home page of this forum (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=223) both utterly baffling and also out of date in the sticky posts, if I was coming to it fresh.
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Sorry, I don't have proof, but by the looks of Kobo Reddit there is a sudden influx of readers who have made just made the leap from Kindle because of colour. I imagine if they read comics as well as books, this was the moment they chose to make the change.
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For FTP and Telnet on Kobo with Nickelmenu, try using “kobo” as the username and “kobo” as the password. If that doesn’t work, make sure Nickelmenu is correctly set up and check the documentation again for the correct credentials.
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As mentioned in a previous message, the credential are admin/admin. The user kobo is not a valid user.
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For what it's worth, here is the definitions for NickelMenu I use (and documented elsewhere).
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1327 |
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Well, I'm one, and I'm looking for help in running telnet. Not that I particularly like it, but I've run into a dead end with ssh: it seems I need to wait for a revision of NiLuJe's tools or figure out how to cross-compile FBink myself. So I was puzzled when people said use NickleMenu to telnet as my installation has no telnet entry.
So I really appreciate the explanation about the comments in the NickleMenu configuration file. It was easy enough to find .nm on my Kobo BW and add a config file. Now I have telnet toggling on and off on the Kobo and I've been almost able to communicate with it. So thank you for the information. |
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