SSH Login fails

Q&A and troubleshooting
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Maybe I‘m too stupid…. I am presently trying to get access to the file system of my MP2 5000 GX, because I need to install the serial battery driver by Louis van der Waal on Github. I have configured and enabled the SSH access in the system settings. I have defined a simple password and even started a reset afterwards.
But then … neither Putty nor a BASH terminal works. Perhaps I‘m using the wrong user?

I have tried „ssh Superuser@10.0.1.84“, „ssh superuser….“, „ssh root…“, „ssh venusos….“, „ssh Victron….“, but nothing works. The IP is fine - the device actually reacts and prompts me for the password. But then - just „access denied“.

What am I doing wrong?

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Use root along with your setup password.

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How exactly? I tried ’ssh 10.0.1.84‘ - the response is ’root@10.0.1.84:password‘ - I entered ’root+password’ but didn‘t work again.

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Is the gx on super user with a password set?

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Yes, indeed. Otherwise a ssh password cannot be set!

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what do you mean by this?

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I tried to follow this hint: [quote=“dognose, post:2, topic:11063”]
Use root along with your setup password.
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but actually I have no clou what this means.

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This means that you should use root as the user and once it shows the password prompt to just type the password you have set, nothing else.

so:
ssh root@ip-address
password: <type your password here>

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It finally worked: the reason was as simple as can be: Password must be at least 6 char. I used only four. Only when I changed it about the fifth time, I got a readable feedback about that issue! I am sure this is somewhere in the docs, but the hint should be there where you enter it. At least more clearly. I will mark this as solved.

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