IOS – How to edit iOS system file on the iPad over SSH

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I have an iPad with iOS 7.1.1. I jailbroke it and was able to ssh it from wifi without a problem.

Lately I wanted to edit some system files to tweak few settings but I realized that there is no vi (or any other file editor) in the file system. Is there anyway I can install 'ios version of vi' or any other file editor?

I don't want to install independent app for it (such as iFile)—I need an editor which works in shell.

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You can install nano or vi from Saurik's repo.

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The obvious answer is to re-install the OS and then ssh in to run fsck.

Have you looked into a program like PhoneView that will let you mount iOS device as an external drive and use Disk Utility (if you have a Mac) or fsck? The FAQ for PhoneView has a windows software recommendation that does about the same things if you prefer that OS on the desktop.

(edit: I don't know of any free alternatives that mount the file system)

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Try creating a new password and pasting it into the master.passwd:

 openssl passwd -crypt -salt /s your_new_password

you will get somthing like:

$ /szArB7q9UBNg

replace the text, so it would look like this:

root:/szArB7q9UBNg:0:0::0:0:System Administrator:/var/root:/bin/sh

After that you may want to try logging in again via SSH with the new password.

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