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2007-10-27
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IIRC sudo gainroot should't require a password at all (since sudo, if configured to do so, will ask the password of the current user)
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2007-10-27
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Originally Posted by luca
I have no idea why sudo gainroot is asking a password. Could it be Nokia lock the root when ship the N800?
IIRC sudo gainroot should't require a password at all (since sudo, if configured to do so, will ask the password of the current user)
Anyway I spent close to 2 hrs to go it. very upset........... BTW, I look up in the forum, it does happened to some users, but NONE posted a solution
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2007-10-27
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Sounds like installation of the becomeroot package hasn't worked successfully. The root account isn't locked by default, it's the same setup as on a 770 and the default root password is rootme. There is no user password which is why you shouldn't be prompted for a password when executing sudo gainroot as user - something hasn't gone to plan when you installed becomeroot.
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2007-10-27
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Originally Posted by Milhouse
Mil, cannot hide things from the master! I suspect the becomeroot installation is not right. I looked up "Details", the becomeroot is made for 770. So I uninstalled it, and try to find one for the N800, no luck. I still have problem in gainroot now. It works most of the time, but not all the time(?). sometime, it said command not find, and I retyped it, and it then worked. Anyhow, I have problem with your magic script... pls go to your thread clone OS, ...a simplified.." I stucked at step 7. Thanks Mil.
Sounds like installation of the becomeroot package hasn't worked successfully. The root account isn't locked by default, it's the same setup as on a 770 and the default root password is rootme. There is no user password which is why you shouldn't be prompted for a password when executing sudo gainroot as user - something hasn't gone to plan when you installed becomeroot.
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2007-10-27
, 14:10
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The 770 version works on the n800. In fact, AFAIK, it's the only version available.
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2007-10-27
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Originally Posted by luca
Yes, and the same one works on OS2008 too...
The 770 version works on the n800. In fact, AFAIK, it's the only version available.
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2007-10-27
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Every time I install new firmware I find I have to re-think (and re-search) this problem, as my memory seems to have a residual block in this matter. Usually, after I install becomeroot (which I always seem to have a hard time finding) I then type "sudo su" when in xterm as user, and it takes me instantly to root. But this is not always the case!
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2007-10-27
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Originally Posted by ascherjim
For some reason when you search for becomeroot at maemo.org it doesn't come up. This makes no sense to me...
Every time I install new firmware I find I have to re-think (and re-search) this problem, as my memory seems to have a residual block in this matter. Usually, after I install becomeroot (which I always seem to have a hard time finding) I then type "sudo su" when in xterm as user, and it takes me instantly to root. But this is not always the case!
Also - it's sudo gainroot
sudo su was the way you did it when you ran in RD mode on the 770.
. Installed Xterm, no problem. Install becomeroot, not a problem. Xterm>sudo gainroot, "password:", tried rootme, root, user, none of them work! Any suggestions?
bun