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Simple step by step guide to getting Root Access on a Synology DiskStation

I’ve read this article, and decided to save the text – just to be sure.

http://www.mauchle.name/blog/?p=239

What I did was this:

Getting root access to the Synology after the DSM 6.0 update is solved by doing this.

If you get the WinScp, then you alse get the PuTTY and PuTTYgen.

I’ve used the Config File Editor as explained.

Afterwards I logged into WinScp and used the private key under Advanced–SSH—Authentication.

You’ve of course chosen a very difficult admin/root password for your Synology diskstation – but now everytime you want to connect with Putty you need to type in that long chain of characters, numbers and symbols.

Why not use a a keypair?

1. Download PuTTY and PuTTYgen (or just get the installer, everything is in there) from here.
2. Generate a keypair with PuTTYgen (Parameters: SSH-2 RSA)
3. Save the private key as “myprivatekey.ppk”
4. Copy the public key to the clipboard. Looks somewhat like this:
  ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAzP4MR3lkCD2pa7nwT3NMjjDBMmEuJ4exW4GKBBP+okArZ/IrjbLIpdh8ahpfgjh8kM//OVUGeRa1GigzcCuGzIa2YfS7L4Q9cbUUWFwIu2hGV3ZpJ2xDZExaaLH90Vw+ZBaozD2OI4FZ1Dqh8Bj29SQqIIbmxf/ASyTmXHZCbQk= rsa-key-20130414
5. Connect to your diskstation with PuTTY
  diskstation:22
6. Login as root
7. Edit the SSH config with
  vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
8. Look for the following lines
  #RSAAuthentication yes #PubkeyAuthentication yes #AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
9. Change them to this (by hitting “x” when the cursor is over the # and hitting ESC, then typing :wq ENTER)
  #RSAAuthentication yes PubkeyAuthentication yes AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
10. Go to /root and create the .ssh folder
  cd /root mkdir .ssh
11. Edit the keyfile
  vi /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
12. Press “i”
13. Paste your public key (by right clickking on your mouse) and save the file (Hit Esc, type :wq, hit Enter)
  ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAzP4MR3lkCD2pa7nwT3NMjjDBMmEuJ4exW4GKBBP+okArZ/IrjbLIpdh8ahpfgjh8kM//OVUGeRa1GigzcCuGzIa2YfS7L4Q9cbUUWFwIu2hGV3ZpJ2xDZExaaLH90Vw+ZBaozD2OI4FZ1Dqh8Bj29SQqIIbmxf/ASyTmXHZCbQk= rsa-key-20130414
14. Set the access-rights to the file
  chmod 700 /root/.ssh chmod 644 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
15. Disconnect with
  exit
16. Open Putty again and make the following settings
  Hostname: or Port: 22 Connection type: SSH Connection->Data->Auto-login username: root Connection->SSH->Auth->Private Key: Your KeyfileAnd save the session as <sessionname>
17. Create a new shortcut on your desktop with the following target
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe" -load "sessionname"
18. Finished. From now on you can connect by double-clicking.