Linkstation HD-H120LAN - Root access

[grashnaknieswurz]

Hi there,

I just bought a network music player and wanted to install a media server on my Linkstation. As far as I know, it's the PPC one.
For the installation I need root access. But I have a newer firmware on it. So I would like to downgrade but I don't have the file.
Could anybody provide me firmware lower or equal to 1.45?

Or is there any other way to get root access?

Cheers,

Eric



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[Brian Cowan]

As I recall, you can take advantage of the fact that the webroot
directory is completely insecure on these things to execute arbitrary
scripts. I copied /etc/passwd to my main storage directory, edited it to
do something to the root password, and then used a script to copy it
back. Worked well.

Post by grashnaknieswurz
Hi there,
I just bought a network music player and wanted to install a media
server on my Linkstation. As far as I know, it's the PPC one.
For the installation I need root access. But I have a newer firmware
on it. So I would like to downgrade but I don't have the file.
Could anybody provide me firmware lower or equal to 1.45?
Or is there any other way to get root access?
Cheers,
Eric

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[John Euinton]

Hi Eric,

There is lots of information on the different Linkstation models at
http://www.linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

I have a a HD-HLAN1 v1 (LS1). So mine is a PPC based one. I have the
Freelink firmware on mine and have the 2.6 kernel too. I have installed
MediaTomb as the UPnP music server and have a Philips SA5220 wireless
music player that works great with it. If you use the 2.6 kernel then
MediaTomb is able to detect immediately new MP3 files copied onto the
LinkStataion and it updates it's database automatically. If you stay
with the 2.4 kernel then MediaTomb is still great, but the automatic
database update when new MP3 files are added does not happen.

So, once you have checked that you have this PPC based LS1 model, get
the firmware you want to try from:

Freelink v1.11 (Debian Linux) -
http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php?title=Category:FreeLink
Buffalo original firmware -
http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/LS1_PPC/StockFirmware/Stock/HD-HLAN_FW1.45_13.zip

If you want the LinKStation to run much like the original Buffalo
formware, with the their web interface, but be able to login with root
access then ther eis the OpenLink firmware -
http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php/Category:OpenLink

A link on the wiki site takes you to instructions for booting the 2.6
kernel over the top of a 2.4 based firmware such as Freelink -
http://hvkls.dyndns.org/downloads/documentation/

The wiki has a section on installing MediaTomb on the different
LinkStation firmwares.

Regards,
John

Post by grashnaknieswurz
Hi there,
I just bought a network music player and wanted to install a media
server on my Linkstation. As far as I know, it's the PPC one.
For the installation I need root access. But I have a newer firmware
on it. So I would like to downgrade but I don't have the file.
Could anybody provide me firmware lower or equal to 1.45?
Or is there any other way to get root access?
Cheers,
Eric