Hi

I have upgraded my N800 to Chinook, it all went well. Finally I as able to install openssh.

Now, to get into root, the usual root is/was: ssh -X root@localhost
type at xterm, of course.

Now, the system ask for root's password. It used to be "rootme" as default, if I recall correctly. Seems it has been changed.

Anybody knows what is this new default root password on Chinook ?

Thanks.

You need to install becomeroot and sudo gainroot. Then you can use passwd to change the root password and then you can ssh in with that.

I got in right away with an ssh client (Putty) and user "root" and pswd "rootme" - I may have install becomeroot first - can't remember, but I don't think it would have anything to do with ssh. I did install open-ssh first.

BTW another trick I use is to add the line:
to the /etc/sudoers file. BEWARE bad syntax in this file can brick your ability to get root access - or at least make it more difficult! Most linux systems have a special utility for editing the sudoers file (visudoers?)- I haven't found it on the Nokia IT yet.

After that you can just "sudo ash" in xterm - a bit less typing.

you can install the latest openSSH server and it prompts you to enter a password, then there is no need to install gainroot or anything like that.

but really its up to personal preference

EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi /usr/sbin/visudo