I set a password for root user and when hit submit received page not found screen. I can still access all shares, and the password change did go into effect as I use it when logging into telnet session to unraid. When I try to start the service with the command "nohup /usr/local/sbin/emhttp &" the response just sits on screen with no other notifications. I can either ctrl + c to stop or close reopen telnet. I am running 5.03. Thanks in advance.

 

root@Tower:~# nohup /usr/local/sbin/emhttp &

[1] 3438

root@Tower:~# nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'

Update, I read through forum and found few older threads of earlier versions of UnRaid which hopefully are still valid. I followed a process to manually shutdown the array, and navigated to the flash drive and deleted the passwd file followed by a reboot which restored the web service. Array was still valid and no automatic rebuilding of parity so I guess all is back to working minus users that I had setup.

From what I understand from the forum one cannot simply restart emhttp after it crashes (see below )......

 

However, there is a thread covering the process: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=27085.0 which involves some steps but in some cases would do just the trick.

Thanks for the reply, yes that is the thread I followed to safely shutdown my server for a reboot after I deleted the passwd and shadow file from my usb->config.  I guess changing root password is not allowed. Be nice if the option was not even available if this is the case. Was just in the process of making my shares a little more secure and server as well. Oh well no big deal its not open to the internet anyhow.

 

The root password is set in the WebGUI.

Yes, that is where I changed the root password which caused emhttp to crash on me.

did you use unusual characters in the password? might be a bug when using odd passwords.

 

perhaps try to replicate, and if it does, then email Tom.