How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

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.)

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

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.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

yeah, its not like the mighty n900 :(

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

or YOU Chuck:)

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

Thank you for the information!
It worked.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

is there rootsh like N900? or must i always devel-su and rootme?

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

Can anyone elaborate on the limitations of root access on the N9? What privileges are missing?

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

@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.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

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?

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

Yup. It's supposed to protect the N9 from its owner :)

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

Nokia designed Harmattan thinking that it will be the next major platform for them and they had to be serious about it. I think aegis-thing is mostly done to comply with common requirements from companies to have easily and securely wiped phones, and to protect users from malicious software.

You can see with mount command that they are using aegisfs filesystem for directories containing sensitive user data. I assume this is encrypted filesystem.
Can someone confirm that it has encryption? If it has, we probably don't need to take care of encrypting stuff by ourselves.

EDIT: It is possible that aegisfs gets enabled only when you start using MfE account, depending on Exchange server policies. It'd be nice to know more about when and generally what data gets encrypted.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

at 1st: sorry for my bad english :-)

to be root you must in file /etc/ssh/sshd_config the entry
PermitRootLogin no change to PermitRootLogin yes

thats the things i´ve done to go root like n900:

1.) activate developer-mode in phone -> settings -> security
2.) login in terminal as user: ´devel-su´, Password= ´rootme´
3.) keep own user-password: ´passwd user´
4.) open winscp with ´user´ and your own user-password
5.) in winscp open terminal (STRG/CTR+T) and type ´cp /etc/ssh/sshd_config /home/user/´
6.) now you can in change and save the file
7.) take N9 in your hand and open terminal -> ´devel-su´, Password= ´rootme´ and type ´cp /home/user/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config´
8.) then type ´pkill -o sshd´ or just reboot, and you should be have full root-privileges and you can login as root.

hope this help you.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

As was discussed already, opening root ssh access is not a good idea. Use regular "user" user for ssh access, and gain root rights with devel-su.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

I had root login via SSH permitted already on N9 after activating developer mode.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

in WinSCP/Putty?
Whats the Username in WinSCP/Putty to work with Rootprivileges?

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

the latest update for SSH disables root logins

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

lrn2ssh winnabs.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

You're not getting it.

SSH consist of two parts -- server and client. You are always connecting from client to server. On N9 is running server on which you can connect from your PC with WinSCP/Putty or other client.

First you need to change password for default user on N9. Open terminal and type "devel-su", when prompted for password, type "rootme". Then you have local root shell access. Now, type "passwd user", which will change password for default user. Type anything you want to be your password. Now, logout -- press Ctrl-D or type "logout".

Now, on your PC start Putty and try connecting to your phone with proper IP address as user named "user". When you are asked for password, type whatever you typed before, when you were changing password. Now, you should be successfully logged to your phone. If you want root privilegies, just type "devel-su" and password is again "rootme".

It's not neccessary, but advised you will change password for root too.

I hope, you'll find this little guide helpful. :)

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

When was it? After latest update to openssh-server I was still able to connect as root. Hmmmm. Obviously, reboot is needed to restart server. Tested it just now, you were right.

Re: How to gain root privileges on N9?
 

I changed the user password, developer password and root password, and can log in under root through ssh