CANT change my SSH root password

[okaybn]

Im having a problem with SSH in 2.0

So i installed openSSH from cydia, works great.
I use root/alpine

I wanted to change my password so i downloaded mobile terminal from cydia
I also made sure to download "system-cmds" from cydia for the passwd feature

So i went into terminal on my phone and typed passwd
it asked for my old then i entered my new

Everything looked great so i tested it using cyberduck
I used root/alpine, and I STILL GOT IN!
Why didnt it change my password?

I also tried doing "passwd mobile" and it seems that was the same as doing just passwd.

I tried "passwd root", but it says permission denied.

can anyone help?

[jakecigar]

mobile terminal logs you in as mobile.

mobile does not have the right to change root's password.

log in as root!

good luck!

[okaybn]

thanks for your reply!

But how do i log in as root?
Do you mean through my computer with cyberduck?

[jakecigar]

you can use terminal in the utilities folder on os x!

or you can type login root in mobile terminal

don't use cyberduck for password changing.

[okaybn]

thanks finally got it!

one last thing, do you know the command to shut ssh off and on in mobile terminal?

[jakecigar]

you don't have to quit ssh. when all connections are gone , it goes away!

don't forget to press those thanks buttons!

[ecwashere]

Very helpful!

[jo99ix]

I have iphone 3G, firmware 2.2.

So this is what I have done so far:

- Installed openSSH to phone
- Used WinSCP to access phone on a Windows XP machine
- I used the "openssl passwd -crypt -salt /s alpine" command in Unix to find out the encryption of my own password, then replaced "alpine" with my own in line "root:/smx7MYTQIi2M:0:0::0:0:System Administrator:/var/root:/bin/sh" only to file "/etc/master.passwd".
- I uploaded the new master.passwd file back to the /etc folder then disconnected WinSCP.

When I tried to reconnect in WinSCP with my new password, access was denied.

When I tried to use MobileTerminal to get into my phone, I get the following message:
login: /bin/sh\r: No such file or directory

I am not able to do anything else in MobileTerminal from this point on.


Please help? What should I do now?