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gardnerv
Oct 14, 2007, 07:39 PM
Hello. i have sucsessfully jailbroken my ipod and would like to know how to change the root password so i can go out in publick with this thing and not be scared. please help me out. I have seached these fourms and google for a while and i can not find anything.

Thanks, G



gardnerv
Oct 14, 2007, 07:54 PM
Ok. wat is the command to change that pass. I have heard it can be done in SSH but i dont know the command. i have an SSH session open now and any help would be great.

lunarlie
Oct 14, 2007, 07:54 PM
Ok. wat is the command to change that pass. I have heard it can be done in SSH but i dont know the command. i have an SSH session open now and any help would be great.

passwd

gardnerv
Oct 14, 2007, 07:56 PM
"passwd not found"

Charliekid21
Oct 14, 2007, 07:59 PM
what?
did u do everything correctly to sign in because after u initiate a connection it has a # then u type passwd and it will ask what u want to change it to

gardnerv
Oct 14, 2007, 08:03 PM
It does everything up until the type passwd part.

Charliekid21
Oct 14, 2007, 08:05 PM
what client are u using and are u on a mac or pc
also are u typing passwd this way?

gardnerv
Oct 14, 2007, 08:09 PM
I am using a PC running windows. Also, i am using putty. I am typing passwd like this

passwd.

Am i suposed to be SSH'ing? am i suposed to have somthing installed on the ipod?

Charliekid21
Oct 14, 2007, 08:11 PM
yeah ure supposed to be sshing but idk what the problem is cuz i did the same thing and it worked fine for me

gardnerv
Oct 14, 2007, 08:28 PM
is anyone else having this problem???

gardnerv
Oct 14, 2007, 08:45 PM
O i think i solved the problem. is their suposed to be a conformation message when you log onto your ipod through SSh?

ChrisBrightwell
Oct 14, 2007, 10:11 PM
Install the BSD Subsystem (found in Installler.app) and try the passwd command again.