Jailbreak And Use Mobile Terminal To Modify The Default SSH Password
Jailbreak And Use Mobile Terminal To Modify The Default SSH Password
First of all you need to Jailbreak your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad. Now would you want to know about how to change the password for OpenSSH? All iOS devices are set to “alphine” by Apple, so It is essential for security purpose to change password to something distinctive, while you decide to enable SSH.
Here are the steps to modify the default SSH password.
Note: This method works only on jailbroken iOS devices where MobileTerminal and OpenSSH are installed.
- Get the MobileTerminal app from Cydia. (Version must be 426 if using iOS 4.x.)
- Now, explore MobileTerminal
- Type in: su root, in MobileTerminal
- Now type in: alpine, as it’ll ask you for a password
- For a bit cleaner screen, type in: cd
- Now, modify password by typing in: passwd
- Now enter the password you want
- Reenter the password that you entered previously
- Type in: passwd mobile, to modify the password for the Mobile user
- Now enter the password you want
- Reenter the password that you entered previously
Well done! Now you are secure and able to close MobileTerminal.
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