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2011-10-16 , 13:29
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How to gain root privileges on N9?

I have turned developer mode on and I can access a terminal.

(Sorry if this question has been responded already.)
 
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2011-10-16 , 13:41
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Type 'devel-su'. Password is 'rootme' if I remember correctly. Though it still doesn't have full privileges to everywhere, you can at least kill the ads from web pages with special hosts-file etc.
 

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2011-10-16 , 14:02
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yeah, its not like the mighty n900
 

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2011-10-16 , 14:30
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yeah, its not like the mighty n900
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2011-10-16 , 15:18
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Originally Posted by Manatus View Post
Type 'devel-su'. Password is 'rootme' if I remember correctly. Though it still doesn't have full privileges to everywhere, you can at least kill the ads from web pages with special hosts-file etc.
Thank you for the information!
It worked.
 
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2011-10-24 , 16:32
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is there rootsh like N900? or must i always devel-su and rootme?
 
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2011-10-27 , 00:29
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Originally Posted by Manatus View Post
Type 'devel-su'. Password is 'rootme' if I remember correctly. Though it still doesn't have full privileges to everywhere, you can at least kill the ads from web pages with special hosts-file etc.
Can anyone elaborate on the limitations of root access on the N9? What privileges are missing?
 
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2011-10-27 , 08:19
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@RobbH,

Look here: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=76635
and here: http://wiki.maemo.org/N950/Aegis-notes

Basically, root is not a super-user anymore, but has to comply with whatever policy is defined by Nokia.
 

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2011-10-27 , 10:59
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@RobbH,
Basically, root is not a super-user anymore, but has to comply with whatever policy is defined by Nokia.
Thanks. I don't yet have a good understanding of Aegis, but it appears to me that any privileges users have can be taken away at any time, by Nokia.

Is that a reasonably accurate summary of the problem?
 

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2011-10-27 , 11:55
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Yup. It's supposed to protect the N9 from its owner
 

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