Rootsh v1.8

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Enable root access, via the "sudo gainroot" command

"sudo gainroot" will work without requiring you to enable R&D mode.

Updated 2012-02-13 16:30 UTC
Authors Faheem Pervez, Pali Rohár
Also available for:
OS2008

Comments

Robson Nicacio
Karma: 11
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Perfect!

Perfeito!

2014-08-01 00:38 UTC
Sifo basha
Karma: 615
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Nice and easy

Thanks

2012-07-26 01:54 UTC
Sifo basha
Karma: 615
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Nice and easy

Thanks

2012-07-26 01:51 UTC
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Thank you!

2012-02-16 20:11 UTC
ugo foreigner
Karma: 5

Please, How do I get Ping app on my N900?. Who can help me urgently. Thanks in advance!

2012-02-07 20:24 UTC
honey anne
Karma: 11

wonderful! ! thanks

2011-07-31 08:20 UTC
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yeah.. made MY life easy!

2011-05-11 10:19 UTC
ritesh patel
Karma: 471
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The first app a power user needs.

2011-04-07 18:33 UTC
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to mostafa samir: dear dude, there are many ways to connect to internet, use a free wifi once to installl or use ur SIM card GPRS to reach internet, if u donot have access to wifi or GPRS of your sim card (which in unusual), just borrow some friend's sim card or go to a internet cofea to use wifi anyway if u cannot figure it out how to connect to internet, just leave installing programs like this bz u really need more basic information? As some buddies said it's usefull but not completely necessary and they explained how to use the replacement. Anyway this is a very nice shortcut passage that make it easy so I admire it, use it, u won't be regret, enjoy guys. U know what makes me happy whit N900? bz it's endless for new programs and more development. never u can say: that's it, i'm done with installing all i need, there'll be coming usefull stuff like this!

2011-03-01 17:45 UTC
mustapha akeem
Karma: 5

how do i use this apps? please i need a full detail of that thanks

2010-09-26 09:07 UTC
Krisztian Olah
Karma: 33
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Must Have!

2010-09-02 23:29 UTC
kunal Parmar
Karma: 132
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great app

2010-06-07 08:00 UTC
Tracy Helms
Karma: 66
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The first thing to install!

2010-06-02 03:37 UTC

This is the first thing a new user has to install :)

2010-05-24 13:47 UTC
daniel wilms
Karma: 597
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very useful app!

2010-05-24 13:17 UTC
Manjiri Joshi
Karma: 17

Is there any way to install rootsh without using app manager or atleast without requiring internet connection? My nw has proxy and app manager does not work with proxy right now?

2010-05-10 10:06 UTC
Harald Schmitt
Karma: 785
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got root!

2010-04-22 11:09 UTC
Mulder FOX
Karma: 54
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Tout possesseur de N900 doit avoir cette application !

2010-04-11 16:18 UTC
Hamzeh N
Karma: 9
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Awesome!

2010-04-04 13:44 UTC
Greg Roberts
Karma: 472
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This is the must have application!

2010-03-12 09:40 UTC
Manuel Castro
Karma: 11
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must have this app, simple and light... ;)

2010-03-11 23:39 UTC
Oskar Welzl
Karma: 963
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This package is the reason why people buy the N900. ;)

2010-03-07 13:49 UTC
Mohammad Ali
Karma: 9
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Did what it has to do!

2010-02-25 08:14 UTC
Felipe Contreras
Karma: 447
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I use 'root' instead... works perfectly :)

2010-02-25 03:03 UTC
Lari Tuononen
Karma: 78
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A must have to make changes with xterm easily.

2010-02-20 17:00 UTC
Mostafa Samir
Karma: 5

plz i need ur help i dont have internet connection in my n900 can i install rootsh in another way ?

2010-02-14 08:13 UTC

I am sure 'rootsh' is a wonderful thing. If I only would not always get the following error message: "Unable to install 'rootsh'"

I downloaded rootsh 1.5 via appl.manager. log-file says: apt-worker: Not handling unrelated package recorder. required disk space: 3156

thank you for your help! kind regards from freezing germany j.

2010-02-12 10:28 UTC
Josh Triplett
Karma: 187
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The one, the only, the original. The best reason to own a Nokia tablet/phone - and in the official repository no less.

I personally use OpenSSH to get root, and enable sudo for use on the device itself (2 characters shorter than rootsh and uniform between Maemo and other systems), but I still applaud the existence of rootsh. More ways to get root.

2010-01-25 10:36 UTC
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I can haz r00t :-D

2010-01-21 21:04 UTC
bastian modauer
Karma: 17
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got root!

2010-01-14 02:26 UTC
Thomas Warntjen
Karma: 7
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got root?

2010-01-08 20:46 UTC
Vasper Sofoklhs
Karma: 12
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My first choice.

2010-01-04 22:30 UTC
Emanuele Cassioli
Karma: 986
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Simple, light, powerful and easy to install, a must have for Xterm users

2010-01-02 18:09 UTC
carlos moura
Karma: 7
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A must have.

2009-12-27 11:08 UTC
Edvard Holst
Karma: 63
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Works perfectly without any problems. A must have app for any N900 user

2009-12-26 15:14 UTC
Fred Pacquier
Karma: 527
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There have been several more-or-less user-friendly schemes over the years to allow root access In Maemo... this one, which appeared I think in Maemo4, is the simplest and easiest to date. Anyone who uses xterm should have it !

2009-12-20 19:17 UTC
Fred Pacquier
Karma: 527
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There have been several more-or-less user-friendly schemes over the years to allow root access In Maemo... this one, which appeared I think in Maemo4, is the simplest and easiest to date. Anyone who uses xterm should have it !

2009-12-20 19:13 UTC
Craig Woodward
Karma: 828
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Not sure why you need this? The OpenSSH package installs SSH and forces a root password change. When you SSH in you can get root that way. This may be useful for local (xterm) usage, but you could always ssh to localhost for that too?

Nice idea. Just don't think it's needed for the N900.

2009-12-15 21:21 UTC
Mikko Vartiainen
Karma: 2221

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# apt-get install rootsh Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: n900-fmrx-enabler Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: rootsh 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 3156B of archives. After this operation, 32,8kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free rootsh 1.5 [3156B] Fetched 3156B in 0s (5547B/s) ySelecting previously deselected package rootsh. (Reading database ... 28522 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking rootsh (from .../archives/rootsh_1.5_armel.deb) ... Setting up rootsh (1.5) ... Nokia-N900-42-11:~# dpkg -r rootsh (Reading database ... 28524 files and directories currently installed.) Removing rootsh ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/rootsh.prerm: line 5: syntax error: "fi" unexpected (expecting "then") dpkg: error processing rootsh (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: rootsh

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2009-12-09 01:05 UTC
Ville Reijonen
Karma: 179
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Makes life so much easier, no need to flash developer mode on.

2009-12-02 11:31 UTC
Max Maher
Karma: 219
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easy root access, just a must have.

2009-12-01 13:07 UTC
Kasper Souren
Karma: 192
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Essential and excellent that it's so easy to install.

2009-11-21 22:34 UTC
Mustali Dalal
Karma: 996
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must-have for making the N900 your own.

2009-11-08 00:51 UTC
Andrea Grandi
Karma: 662
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Being root without jailbreaking your device is really good :)

2009-10-19 18:22 UTC
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