[iPad] Changing Root Password on iPad?

scirica · May 4, 2010, 01:53 PM

I ran Spirit today on my newborn iPad. Easiest, fastest jailbreak yet!

I installed openSSH and it works great, but my question is how do I change the root password if mobile terminal isn't yet working on the iPad? Can you use the command line within WINSCP to make this change?

Any other ways?

Thanks!

grapes911 · May 4, 2010, 02:07 PM

SSH to the iPad from your computer and change it that way.

ViViDboarder · 04:36 PM

Yea, you can do it over SSH just fine. Musclenerd suggested that you can even get terminal access to your iPad using an SSH app from the app store and logging into 'localhost' with root or mobile as the user names. It'll basically be the same thing as MobileTerminal except you gotta log in.

Hope that helps.

-aggie- · 04:36 PM

OP, just SSH into the iPad using Cyber Duck (or whatever app that does the same thing). root is the username. alpine is the password.

scirica · May 4, 2010, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -aggie-

You wrote all those words, but couldn't provide an answer? Do you know how silly you look? Perhaps provide a link for the OP to the "iPad Hacks" forum after you edit your post (click edit, go advanced to edit....but you knew that).

OP, just SSH into the iPad using Cyber Duck (or whatever app that does the same thing). root is the username. alpine is the password.

Thanks. I'm on a pc using winscp and it doesn't seem to like that. I'll keep looking for a pc client that will do the trick!

ViViDboarder · May 4, 2010, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scirica

Thanks. I'm on a pc using winscp and it doesn't seem to like that. I'll keep looking for a pc client that will do the trick!

Putty is good. I always use that on a PC. Also, as I mentioned, you can do it using an iPad based SSH client too.

scirica · 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViViDboarder

Putty is good. I always use that on a PC. Also, as I mentioned, you can do it using an iPad based SSH client too.

I downloaded that iSSH client. Just need to figure it out. I'll try putty!

Update: Thanks Vivid!! PuTTY was perfect and much quicker. I forgot I even had it here on my client.

Cheers!!

-aggie- · May 4, 2010, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViViDboarder

Putty is good. I always use that on a PC. Also, as I mentioned, you can do it using an iPad based SSH client too.

since we have a happy ending, what do you suggest for SSHing via USB into the iPhone/iPad?

ViViDboarder · May 4, 2010, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -aggie-

since we have a happy ending, what do you suggest for SSHing via USB into the iPhone/iPad?

I had a post for that a while back. I'll like to it but it's iTunnel and Putty.

Link coming in an edit soon.

Here you go!

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=805692

I posted the files and some instructions.

-aggie- · 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViViDboarder

I had a post for that a while back. I'll like to it but it's iTunnel and Putty.

Link coming in an edit soon.

You can't use CyberDuck can you? I saw stuff about iPhoneTunnel, but haven't looked at it.

Edit: Looked at the link and I saw stuff about itunnel being replaced when I searched for iTunnel by usbmuxd. Is this true?

ViViDboarder · May 4, 2010, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -aggie-

You can't use CyberDuck can you? I saw stuff about iPhoneTunnel, but haven't looked at it.

Edit: Looked at the link and I saw stuff about itunnel being replaced when I searched for iTunnel by usbmuxd. Is this true?

Not sure... I haven't used it since October actually. If it works with Putty it should also work with CyberDuck though.

scirica · May 4, 2010, 06:09 PM

Also got the iSSH (app store) program to work on the iPad as mobile terminal. This is fun!!

pjbell · 04:36 PM

i tried that using issh and touchterm - no joy, "connection refused". i used "root" & "alpine".. any ideas?
i once heard that apple approved apps would not allow a login to the underlying OS - bummer, if true...

-paul

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViViDboarder

Yea, you can do it over SSH just fine. Musclenerd suggested that you can even get terminal access to your iPad using an SSH app from the app store and logging into 'localhost' with root or mobile as the user names. It'll basically be the same thing as MobileTerminal except you gotta log in.

Hope that helps.

ViViDboarder · May 5, 2010, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjbell

i tried that using issh and touchterm - no joy, "connection refused". i used "root" & "alpine".. any ideas?
i once heard that apple approved apps would not allow a login to the underlying OS - bummer, if true...

-paul

You have to be jailbroken first and you need to install OpenSSH.

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ViViDboarder macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA	Yea, you can do it over SSH just fine. Musclenerd suggested that you can even get terminal access to your iPad using an SSH app from the app store and logging into 'localhost' with root or mobile as the user names. It'll basically be the same thing as MobileTerminal except you gotta log in. Hope that helps. __________________ iMac 21" Late '09 8GB iPhone3G Jailbroken MacbookPro iPod v5.5, Ubuntu x64 tower & EeePC 900, Lenovo T400 WinMatrix Profile \| UbuntuForums Profile \| XDA Forums Last edited by kainjow; May 22, 2010 at 04:36 PM. Reason: cleanup
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