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Changing your root password in 1.1.3?
- Thread starter bbplayer5
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I am making the assumption that you have jailbroken it and have ssh installed. If that is the case
login and type
passwd
now you will be prompted to change it.
login and type
passwd
now you will be prompted to change it.
NO
passwd is not 100%
it will cause summerboard to crash continuously
DO NOT TYPE passwd!
Hmm, I'm new to iphone. I didn't change the password but I installed service.app and from there, I turn off SSH. Don't know if that is any safer, if you thats what you are looking for.
Well, there is a "risky" way to change the root (or the mobile) password:
perl -e 'print crypt("MYPASSWORD", "XU");'
Where MYPASSWORD is the new password you want, and XU is a random two-letter salt of your choice. Copy the encrypted output and replace the existing one in /etc/master.passwd on the phone.
For example, if you put alpine (in place of MYPASSWORD) and /s (in place of XU) you should get /smx7MYTQIi2M. Try it out to get a feel for it, then pop in your own choice of password and two character "salt".
I can't remember where I found the basis for these instructions, but I've used them and they work.
perl -e 'print crypt("MYPASSWORD", "XU");'
Where MYPASSWORD is the new password you want, and XU is a random two-letter salt of your choice. Copy the encrypted output and replace the existing one in /etc/master.passwd on the phone.
For example, if you put alpine (in place of MYPASSWORD) and /s (in place of XU) you should get /smx7MYTQIi2M. Try it out to get a feel for it, then pop in your own choice of password and two character "salt".
I can't remember where I found the basis for these instructions, but I've used them and they work.