Howto: Use WinSCP with ZeroShell

[adem0x]

Here is what I did so that I could use WinSCP:

Obviously, you need a copy of WinSCP and PuTTY installed in your computer.

First, you use PuTTY to access ZeroShell in the console mode.
— Enter IP address of ZeroShell.
— Username: ‘admin‘
— Password: ‘zeroshell‘
Press ‘Open’ to connect

[Or, you can do exactly the same in the ZeroShell box itself.]

Once you have access to the console mode of ZeroShell, here is what you do:

Press ‘S‘ to access the shell.

Now, enter the following line (obviously, you will have to come up with your versions of ‘SomeUserName‘, ‘SomePassword‘)

useradd -g root -s /bin/bash -p SomePassword -d /root SomeUserName

This should have been enough, but for some reason it isn’t [I’ll be appreciative if someone corrects whatever was wrong with my useradd command above.]

It is best to check that ‘/etc/passwd’ file has the following line exactly:

make sure the line corresponding to ‘SomeUserName‘ is like below:

SomeUserName:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

SomeUserName:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

if not, type the following and press ENTER

vi /etc/passwd

Then, alter that line to read exactly as that.

Then, you need to alter ‘/etc/ssh/sshd_config’ file so that ‘SomeUserName’ is allowed to access remotely.

Type the following line and press ENTER:

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Find the following line

AllowUsers admin
and alter it to look like below:

AllowUsers admin SomeUserName

Save and exit.

From then on, you can use WinSCP to connect and edit/alter/upload any file.

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Now, a very quick ‘vi’ course:

To start editing press ‘i‘
To end editing press ‘ESC‘

To save the file
press ‘ESC‘
press SHIFT + ! {a few times}
At the bottom you’ll see something like ‘:.!!!’
Backspace until only ‘:‘ is left
Type ‘w‘
Press ENTER
This will save the file but will not exit.

To exit vi
press ‘ESC‘
press SHIFT + ! {a few times}
At the bottom you’ll see something like ‘:.!!!’
Backspace until only ‘:‘ is left
Enter ‘q!‘
Press ENTER
This will exit vi

[ppalias]

Command is correct. Maybe you need to add it in a postboot script to make it available on next reboot.

[adem0x]

I would have thought ‘/etc/passwd’ file’s contents would be session-persistent.

Isn’t it so?

[ppalias]

Contents of everything in the ZS filesystem except “/Database” and “/DB” are set to default values after reboot. If you have manually done any change on them, you should also include this change in a preboot or postboot script. The easy solution is to copy the modified file in “/Database” and at the preboot script copy the file from “/Database” to the location you want it.

[serangku]

thanks …

i should try this for update L7 pattern …

mr. fulvio, can this L7 auto update in next release … 🙂

[marti vielha]

Hi, i have another solution:
Acces to the shell with putty and enter chsh
and enter /bin/bash
you now can acces zeroshell with winscp, this is not persistent after reboot.

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