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Change root passwd on iPhone 1.1.3
Authored by: siMac on Mon, Mar 3 2008 at 8:12AM PST

Alternatively you can install Cydia which has its own BSD subsystem and includes a passwd command that works on 1.1.3 and 1.1.4.

See: http://www.saurik.com/id/1

Change root passwd on iPhone 1.1.3
Authored by: tempel on Mon, Mar 3 2008 at 8:45AM PST

Just tried it out - I can confirm that it works. The Cydia package also fixes a few other things, including making more space on the smaller of the two iPhone partitions.