parental controls

[jebradl]

Is there a way to disable the parental controls through the telnet back door? One of my kids apparently turned on the feature on our family room tivo, and we couldn't even watch Fantastic Four-Silver Surfer. I can telnet into the machine, so I can delete a file if needed. I just don't want to have to try each number one at a time.

[T1V0]

it's stored in mfs under /State/LocksLimits and /State/LocksLimitsSaved.

echo mls /State | tivosh will give you a listing like this :
Directory of /State starting at ''

Name Type FsId Date Time Size
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Apg tyDb 769706 06/10/08 01:24 148
ArmConfig tyDb 168586 05/19/08 15:41 120
AvConfig tyDb 168577 06/06/08 03:36 180
Avalanche tyDb 168571 06/11/08 08:00 128
ClosedCaptioning tyDb 168589 01/05/05 17:00 100
Database tyDb 3476 06/12/08 04:15 100
FrontPanelConfig tyDb 237638 01/24/07 11:36 84
GeneralConfig tyDb 168575 06/09/08 22:55 124
Keyring tyDir 237629 05/19/08 05:38 252
KnownHost tyDir 239793 06/08/08 03:57 4
LiveCacheConfig tyDb 237653 01/24/07 11:40 60
LocationConfig tyDb 168572 06/10/08 01:23 212
LocksLimits tyDb 237622 05/19/08 05:50 100
LocksLimitsSaved tyDb 290438 05/19/08 05:50 112
Media tyDb 168576 11/11/07 20:03 416
MessageManager tyDb 237659 10/15/07 00:00 76
Modem tyDb 174192 03/25/05 06:58 52
MyWorld tyDb 168573 06/12/08 05:16 140
Network tyDir 239563 05/28/08 07:28 44
NvRam tyDir 3521 03/03/04 21:39 316
PhoneConfig tyDb 168570 06/09/08 22:55 224
ProviderConfig tyDir 237630 01/24/07 11:36 16
RecorderConfig tyDb 237637 05/27/08 05:29 76
SatConfig tyDb 168574 04/02/08 17:34 156
ServiceConfig tyDb 168569 06/10/08 01:24 176
StaticConfig tyDb 237655 01/30/07 07:57 64
TWP tyDir 336284 06/08/08 16:04 40
UserInfo tyDb 237654 01/24/07 11:40 52
In my case 237622 and 290438 would be the FSID's of the lockslimits objects. Something like for x in 237622 290438 ; do
echo RubbishObjectByFsId $x | tivosh
donewould rubbish those objects. Be careful. You don't want to nuke the wrong FSID. You could get fancy and write a tcl script for it, but I'm too lazy for that. You'll need to reboot afterwards.

[jebradl]

it's stored in mfs under /State/LocksLimits and /State/LocksLimitsSaved.
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Thanks. Mine doesn't list the LocksLimitsSaved, only the LocksLimits. Will getting rid of that one alone take care of it?

[T1V0]

it should. you don't need the whole "for" loop thing then. just replace $x with the appropriate fsid in the rubbishing statement.

[jebradl]

it should. you don't need the whole "for" loop thing then. just replace $x with the appropriate fsid in the rubbishing statement.

Your reply gave me enough information that I found a better way! I went to tivowebplus on my tivo, and looked at the /State/LocksLimits and it listed the password. I now have to appologize to my kids, because when I saw the password number, I know that I put it in. My kids wouldn't have used my social security number. :)

[T1V0]

Your reply gave me enough information that I found a better way! I went to tivowebplus on my tivo, and looked at the /State/LocksLimits and it listed the password. I now have to appologize to my kids, because when I saw the password number, I know that I put it in. My kids wouldn't have used my social security number. :)

HA! nice find.

[gravely101]

Your reply gave me enough information that I found a better way! I went to tivowebplus on my tivo, and looked at the /State/LocksLimits and it listed the password. I now have to appologize to my kids, because when I saw the password number, I know that I put it in. My kids wouldn't have used my social security number. :)

Wow great find

I was trying to figure out how to change my parental controls the quickest way, because somehow mine set automatically. Doing this worked like a charm :)

[kev160967]

For reference, in case anyone is trying to this on a UK (series 1) Tivo, you need to look in /User. In there I found two items, 33213 and 33215. 33215 contained the password. Now I just need to figure out why it was suddenly switched on a couple of days ago - my money's on the babysitter...