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fstab controls the read/write access of the root and media partitions. A barebones jailbreak can be put in place simply by modifying this file to grant full read/write access to the user.
 
 
==Modification==
 
The original fstab file, before a jailbreak, looks something like this:
 
 
<code>
 
/dev/disk0s1 / hfs ro 0 1
 
 
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2
 
</code>
 
 
Notice /dev/disk0s2 has /private/var mounted as read/write. This directory is generally where music/photos/videos/etc are stored. This directory can easily be accessed (without FULL access) with a program like PhoneDisk or DiskAid. iTunes has full and complete access to this directory, for obvious reasons. This is proven with the [[afc]] service, which [[iTunes]] uses to transfer music/videos/etc.
 
 
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
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fstab controls the read/write access of the root and media partitions. A barebones jailbreak can be put in place simply by modifying this file to grant full read/write access to the user.
This file lists the partitions on all UNIX-based systems.
 
   
 
== File Contents ==
 
== File Contents ==

Revision as of 23:47, 26 June 2011

Summary

fstab controls the read/write access of the root and media partitions. A barebones jailbreak can be put in place simply by modifying this file to grant full read/write access to the user.

File Contents

  • Before jailbreak: /dev/disk0s1 / hfs ro 0 1
  • After jailbreak: /dev/disk0s1 / hfs rw 0 1

Parents

(Root)/etc