If you’re freaked out about getting attacking by the ikee (otherwise known as ike_x) iPhone worm and want to change your SSH password on your iPhone then look no further! We’ll show you how to change it easily.
Note: This is only for jailbroken iPhone’s with OpenSSH installed and MobileTerminal installed
Note 2: We are not responsible if your iPhone blows up during this process or if you mess up and forget your password! Use at your own risk!
- Get your jailbroken iPhone and open MobileTerminal (If you don’t have it already, get it from Cydia)
- In MobileTerminal, type in: su root
- It’ll ask you for a password, type in: alpine
- To make the screen a bit cleaner, type in: cd
- Now, to change your password, type in: passwd
- Enter the password you desire (You will not see the characters in the screen as you type them for security reasons)
- Enter the password you entered once more
- You’re essentially done, if you want to change the password for the mobile space on the iPhone, continue reading… If not, close MobileTerminal and pat yourself on the back.
- If you’re going to change the password for the Mobile user, type in: passwd mobile
- Enter the password you desire (You will not see the characters in the screen as you type them for security reasons)
- Enter the password you entered once more
- All done! You are now secure! You may close MobileTerminal

