Thread: How secured is the N900 with Maemo5?
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rambo is offline rambo
2009-12-12 , 20:56
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#5
Originally Posted by pasquiel View Post
What if:
"ssh user" into the device
then "sudo gainroot"

Will the distant dude gain root access?
Yes, though I think that to be able to SSH in as user you need to set the user passwod via root shell (or use public key, same difference anyway) and thus your security as the same as with password enabled root account.

(open|dropbear)ssh server isn't "official nokia package" anyway so you're supposed to know what you're doing.