Change Your iPhone SSH Password with MobileTerminal

Posted by iphandroid in iPhone Updates on 11 16th, 2009 | No Comments

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If you’re freaked out about getting attacking by the ikee (otherwise known as ike_x) iPhone worm and want to change your SSH password on your iPhone then look no further! We’ll show you how to change it easily.

Note: This is only for jailbroken iPhone’s with OpenSSH installed and MobileTerminal installed
Note 2: We are not responsible if your iPhone blows up during this process or if you mess up and forget your password! Use at your own risk!

Get your jailbroken iPhone and open MobileTerminal (If you don’t have it already, get it from Cydia)
In MobileTerminal, type in: su root
It’ll ask you for a password, type in: alpine
To make the screen a bit cleaner, type in: cd
Now, to change your password, type in: passwd
Enter the password you desire (You will not see the characters in the screen as you type them for security reasons)
Enter the password you entered once more
- You’re essentially done, if you want to change the password for the mobile space on the iPhone, continue reading… If not, close MobileTerminal and pat yourself on the back.
If you’re going to change the password for the Mobile user, type in: passwd mobile
Enter the password you desire (You will not see the characters in the screen as you type them for security reasons)
Enter the password you entered once more