Exploring iPhoneOS

Preparation:

1. Jailbreak (blackra1n for 3.1.2)
2. Install openssh, sudo, top
3. Plug in (charging) to keep WiFi from going to sleep
4. Ssh into it (username: mobile, default password: alpine)
5. Change the default password immediately!!!

Some notes so far:

• Your home directory: /var/mobile
• Shell type: bash (configuration: /etc/profile)
• Add yourself to /etc/sudoers
• Change your prompt:

export PS1='\e[32;1m\u@\h\e[00m:\e[34;1m\w\e[00m$ '

• Advanced ls output:

alias ls='ls -FhlX --color=auto'

• More doesn’t seem to work (/bin/more: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable)
• Some more customizations in /etc/profile.d: coreutils.sh and terminal.sh
• Run updatedb

~ by azimout on October 30, 2009.