GeeXboX Advanced Configuration – Login and Administration
Root Password
GeeXboX system only has one user, root. Its associated password is “root” as well.
Debug Login
Connecting to GeeXboX is possible through a native terminal (VT) or a remote Telnet shell.
- Trought VT-2
Switch to VT-2 with:CTL+ALT+F2
- Trought Telnet
See Telnet section.
Accessing GeeXboX via FTP Service
FTP service is enabled by default.
Login: geexbox
Password: ftp
- From XBMC, in system menu, check for your IP address.
- Open a navigator from another computer and type: ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
- Supply login and password
Now you can download/upload files from/to your GeeXboX system.
If you want to send files, use a FTP software such as Filezilla.
Accessing GeeXboX via Telnet Service
Telnet service is enabled by default.
Login : root
Password : root
- From XBMC, in system menu, check for your IP address.
- Open a terminal
- telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
- Supply root login and password.


Probably add a section:
Update GeeXboX via Telnet
Login via Telnet
opkg update
opkg upgrade
(took me few minute to figure out which package manager is used)
@thisismyname
Hi, thank you for the info provided, but when I execute the update and upgrade commands, nothing happens. Also, if I try to install some package, like vsftpd, I get an error sayng package not found. I’m not really familiar with opkg, could you maybe tell me if there is something else I should do to be able to install packages?