I'm hoping the Linux community can help me out here. I have a mini-dome IP camera which is running off a TI DaVinci DM 355 board (ARM) and is running MVL Pro Ed. 4.0.1. I need to do 2 things: 1) change the IP address and 2) enable PoE.

First, I am able to access the device via telnet using Putty. I need to change the IP (from the default), but when I type su at the shell I get "su: This applet requires root priviledges!" (What's with the typo anyway?)

http://i44.tinypic.com/ip30bm.png

Second, the camera is suppose to support Power over Ethernet (PoE), but when I plug it into the Cisco Catalyst inline switch, I do NOT get a link light. The switch has a default config (nothing fancy); inline power is enabled by default. However, if I use the power adapter which came w/ the camera, then I get power & link. But again, the unit is suppose to have PoE. I'm thinking this feature may be disabled in s/w.

I need assistance in getting root access. Any assistance the community can provide would be much appreciated.

You'll need to crack open the device, find the serial pins (if they're on it), and attach a serial cable to watch it boot and interrupt the boot process.

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If you're handy with metasploit, and the mmap_min_addr bug can be triggered on that box, you might be able to get root that way.

I've used metasploit before, but will use as a last resort. Here's something interesting:

I am able to login as root (w/ a blank pwd) via ftp; I can navigate the file system and download the network config files, make changes, and then upload it back. However, when I power cycle the camera it's as if the drive is wiped / restored from an image as none of my changes are saved.

Any thoughts?