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Change root passwd on iPhone 1.1.3
Authored by: pepi on Tue, Mar 4 2008 at 1:44AM PST

You could do this in a Terminal on the iPhone as well if you have SSH (which includes OpenSSL) installed. Granted the Cydia Package Manager is a lot more elegant and I'd really recommend you check it out.

You may want to clear your history (history -c) after the openssl command since it includes your new password in the clear in your history.
Pepi