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Running #1208 and changed root passwd via ssh and intially everything to connect remotely on network via shh with the modified root password was OK, but after power cut and reboot of rpi2 I am now unable to connect to root via ssh with "access denied" when attempting to connect? (I am sure I am using/typing new password correctly) Addtionally I have a crashlog, not sure if its relevant at all.

Kodi crashlog

Currently locked out from sshing to my rpi2 

The crashlog seems to be CEC related.

As for the password. Hmm. Is the message you see "access denied" or "permission denied" - can you paste the exact message?

I'd expect the "permission denied" if you were entering an incorrect password. I'm not sure what would cause "access denied" - if sshd isn't running normally you'd see "connection refused".

In your crash log I can see you are having network issues, could that be your problem?

If all else fails and you want to reset the password then if you are able to mount the /storage partition in a Linux machine, you can delete the file /storage/.cache/shadow. Eventually we'll add an option to reset the root password in the LibreELEC Settings add-on (it's on the list of things to do), though obviously we'll need to think of a way of preventing it from being changed by those that shouldn't be changing it (ie. kids).