Recently, I accidentally screwed up /etc/passwd/ and I thought that I could use an sd card reader. Turns out, I can only access boot and RECOVERY. The computer we are using is a Mac. Is this the only folders the sd card allows us to access, and how do you get into etc?
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1You can mount the ext4 filesystem, but you need some additional program, explanation can be found here apple.stackexchange.com/questions/29842/…– MatsKCommented Nov 23, 2017 at 17:12
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@MatsK That link MAY have worked in 2011, but SIP prevents this from working.– MilliwaysCommented Nov 23, 2017 at 23:23
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The boot directory is formatted with the FAT file system. I guess RECOVERY is as well. That means the contents are readable and writable by Windows, Macs, Linux as they all support FAT.
The other directories will be formatted as ext4 which is a Linux file system. You will probably need to find (i.e. web search) an add-on to allow this file system to be read by non-Linux systems.
The simple answer is you Can't - it used to be possible with 3rd party add-on, but since Apple introduced SIP all the external programs fail.
Your best bet is to use a live Linux CD or similar.
You can boot the Pi into the root shell and fix/change password
See
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/15601/8697
or
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/50467/8697
I should add that there is NO REASON to edit /etc/passwd
answered Nov 23, 2017 at 23:16
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1Hey, for what it's worth Paragon ExtFS for Mac 11 (or the 10-day trial of it) works for me to read/write the ext4 root partition on macOS 10.13 High Sierra. Though I'm sure plenty of the alternative programs are now broken as you say.– jdonaldCommented Nov 24, 2017 at 4:39