Changing the root password After you have activated developer mode and the device has rebooted, change the root password. Open Terminal from the Applications view. To change to root user, enter the following command: devel-su Enter the root password. The default root password is 'rootme'. Note: To verify that you are the root user, enter pwd. Output example: ~# pwd /root To change the password, enter the following command: passwd Enter the new root password. Re-enter the new root password. To change back to /home/user, enter the following command: exit