How to access Home Assistant Yellow console?

Hardware
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I am able to ssh to my HA Yellow as root but unable to issue ha commands such as:

“[core-ssh ~]$ ha auth list
this command is limited due to security reasons, and will only work on some locations. For example, the Operating System terminal.
Error: forbidden: insufficient permissions or invalid token”

I read that you need to connect a USB cable from your PC to the Yellow. When I do that I don’t get COM a port created as described in the docs but rather a “USB to UART” device like this:

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I read other documentation which describes using rpiboot. Will rpiboot allow me to access the Yellow console via the bridge controller device created?

-Thanks

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Will the Terminal & SSH add-on work on a Yellow?

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There are 2 ways to SSH to HA OS:

ha auth list will only work in the latter.

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4

Bernie what are you Actually trying to do… Haos is an appliance and not generally intended to access some of those things

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Yes, I showed an example of my root ssh login, then issuing the ha command which failed.

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6

What if I lost my password? Like I did with my Green, I was able to access the console and use the ha command to set it.

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Theres a process for that.

You’re going to what if yourself to death.

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I want to be able to issue ha commands. The link you provided looks like the solution.

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9

Thank you, this sounds like a much better solution than having to connect a USB cable and install Putty.

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I’ve confirmed that this procedure of using a USB drive with a CONFIG folder wtih the SSH keys does NOT work on the HA Yellow. You need to connect a USB cable to the Yellow then use Putty to connect to the serial port.

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This does not work for the Yellow. I’ve used the procedure when I had my HA Green. The second day I had it my password did not work! Anyway, you need to follow the steps here described for the Yellow:

I’m locked out! - Home Assistant

-Thanks