or.. you can just add maemo repository to your package manager, then type sudo apt-get install ssh .... oh wait nevermind :P

D'oh! My bad. The point is you can't do that without being root first, right?

Brad.

OK aftre installing ssh it crashed a couple of times when trying to connect to access point. But it stopped doing it and working now.

Typing sudo su - just lets me in without asking for the password that I set earlier. Is this going to be a problem?

If you used the /etc/sudoers line mentioned previously, it states that anyone can "su" to root without a password, so that's why you don't get asked.

Now, if you try to ssh in from outside as root, you should get prompted for the password.

Brad.

This is just to clarify that both events are not related at all, at least in my case. I mean gaining root "the easy way" and getting your 770 "bricked" which seems to be caused by some startup/TFT/battery/whatever hardware issue.
Thus you can safely try to gain root by any mean without risking to break the screen AFAIC.
Regards =)

I have been variously confused and frustrated by this whole business, and am now seeking some clarity and comprehension. I have installed on my Nokia 770 osso-xterm, dropbear, and becomeroot. I can access my xterm from within the 770 using sudo su, which I bellieve is made possible by becomeroot. I have installed on my PC (ubuntu) dropbear, to be able to access my 770 via ssh. (I also, probably unnecessarily, also installed osso xterm on my PC). On first running with dropbear on my pc, I was able to access my 770 and establish a password. However, on subsequent attemps to do so, I have not again been able to access the 770 using that (or any other) password. My experiments have tentatively concluded in my believing that I can work my 770 root with sudo su and no password by bringing it up internally in the 770, but that I should also be able toaccess my 770 root with my PC through dropbear without the need to bring up xterm intrernally first in my 770. But the password is my current stumbling block. In short, and not so convoluted: is working root truly two separate activities -- one from within the 770, and the other externally via ssh (dropbear) from my PC? Any clarification and help you can provide me would me much appreciated. Jim