Hi, My MyCloud disconnected from the internet is still running on firmware 2.41.121, which unfortunately has full access to the system blocked. I would like to manually downgrade the firmware to a lower version that allows full login to My Cloud via the terminal and its management. Can you sugges…

@marpodha Is there a reason you do not want to upgrade to OS5? Here is a link to the current firmware for the second generation WDMYCLOUD OS5. Western Digital Product Software Downloads If you stay with OS3 and the current firmware, have you tried setting it up for use on your home network only?

Hi, Thank You for response. I would like to have a fully manage device and system from command line via terminal as it was avaiable before 2.41.121 version.

@marpodha My Cloud OS3 End of Service | Western Digital

Hi @cat0w Thank You for your response. But I still want to use my device in my local network and I need to use it for other needs. If You could please find me answer and support me on topic in my question, it would be great!

[image] marpodha: My MyCloud disconnected from the internet is still running on firmware 2.41.121, which unfortunately has full access to the system blocked. If you have the second gen single bay/single drive My Cloud running v2.41.121, why not update to OS5? You may have to update to v2.42.1…

The main reason not to upgrade to OS/5 would be performance. While OS/5 offers internet access via WD servers; there are some features that add significant performance penalties to older MyCloud devices. The main reason TO upgrade would be security. OS/3 was NEVER cutting edge in terms of web sec…

Hi @NAS_user , Thanks for response. I think we have similar view on the topic. As I started my post, my device is disconnected from internet. I used it mainly for backups on my network and I want to schedule some additional jobs like for rsync. With older firmware, I was able to login as a ‘root’…

[image] marpodha: Does firmware version 2.41.116 allow me to login as a ‘root’ via ssh/console? You should be able to enable SSH from the My Cloud Dashboard on your current firmware (and on the latest firmware 2.42.115). See the Access Denied link I provided in my above post that explains th…

@Bennor , You are right, that with current firmware, You need to used user SSHD for login, and it gives access only to a few commands in console like: Built-in commands: . : [ [[ alias bg break cd chdir command continue echo eval exec exit export false fg getopts hash help jobs kill local …

My Cloud Firmware downgrade from 2.41.121

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Bennor November 30, 2024, 9:26pm 12

The OS3 v4.x firmware uses “root”. WD changed the v2.x firmware a long time ago to use “sshd” instead of “root”. The change happened sometime around v2.31.195 (09/11/2019).
SSH no longer working (update 2.31.195)

You might need to use firmware older than v2.31.195 to accomplish what you are trying to do.

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