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I just sshed to a jailbroken iPad(Pro 3, iOS 14.2), and found other than root and daemon, there’s an existing user mobile, which seems to come with the system. I was wondering
- what the user is for?
- if I do not change the password, can others ssh to my device with this account?
- if I do change the password, can it mess with the normal system operation?
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mobile is the default Non-Privileged user for the device. This user is for using the terminal when you do not need escalated privileges for everything (i.e. root). Since it is an existing user, I would recommend changing it and all other default passwords you haven’t changed yet as that is a security risk. Your system will function all the same, just make sure you remember the password if you ever need to get back in!
I would also like to note that is it better practice to login to the non-privileged user account and escalate to root as needed.
answered Jul 20, 2022 at 1:47
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