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Old 06-12-2007, 04:33 AM
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iPhone SSH Password issue
Having used the 1.1.2 jailbreak method (the java jailbreak file) and subsequently changing my password with that app *on the phone*... I now find that not only does my new password not work, but neither of the old options work either. ie, no SSH access to my phone.

Are there any steps I could follow to fix this situation? commands via VT100 for example?
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Old 06-12-2007, 05:42 AM
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Having used the 1.1.2 jailbreak method (the java jailbreak file) and subsequently changing my password with that app *on the phone*... I now find that not only does my new password not work, but neither of the old options work either. ie, no SSH access to my phone.

Are there any steps I could follow to fix this situation? commands via VT100 for example?
I'm not quite sure where to start (remote, blind debugging) but if you have the VT100 terminal app on your iPhone, then you can (re)set your phone's root password to anything you choose:

Code:
# passwd
Changing password for root.
New password:  freddo
Retype new password:  freddo
Do you know if there's still an ssh daemon running on the phone (i.e. it wasn't blown away by the jailbreaking? You can try this, again on the phone's VT100, with:

Code:
ssh localhost
If the command ellicits a response (typically asking for you to authenticate the phone's RSA key for the first time (just respond 'no'), then the ssh daemon is there and responding.

If you're successfully up to here, can you now ssh in to your phone, using its wireless IP, from your Mac?
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Old 06-12-2007, 06:34 AM
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URGH!!!!!

I just had a thought about the IP address. Damn thing has changed since last I went in... god knows why its now 192.168.1.5 instead of .1 or .2 but it is.

All sorted, obviously.

Thanks for those commands though, very helpful. One never knows.
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Old 06-12-2007, 06:57 AM
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URGH!!!!!

I just had a thought about the IP address. Damn thing has changed since last I went in... god knows why its now 192.168.1.5 instead of .1 or .2 but it is.
The IP addr can be random, depending on how your wireless router (probably running Linux) dishes them out using DHCP and on how many other devices are currently/recently using that DHCP server. I'm lucky, mine's always 10.1.1.7 because DHCP attempts to allocate the same IP addr when it sees a known MAC addr.
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Old 06-12-2007, 10:11 AM
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The IP addr can be random, depending on how your wireless router (probably running Linux) dishes them out using DHCP and on how many other devices are currently/recently using that DHCP server. I'm lucky, mine's always 10.1.1.7 because DHCP attempts to allocate the same IP addr when it sees a known MAC addr.
Yeah its more random than I would have thought. I only have 4 machines using the wifi (billion 7404VGP), two of which are almost always not on. anyway its all sorted now.
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