*READ THIS 1st BEFORE POSTING* How to Install, Jailbreak and other FAQs

Nightlies are starting up soon (in a day or two, I believe). In anticipation of this I've re-added the nightly build section to HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2. I've also added a few other sections that I've been meaning to add, but have not filled out yet (installing from NitoTV and uninstalling). Feel free to modify, add, etc.

EDIT: HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch has been updated as well.

Just filled in Installing from NitoTV and Uninstalling for you. It's simple but gets the job done I think, HOW-TO: Install XBMC on Apple TV 2.

(2012-05-09 00:16)deanmv Wrote:  Just filled in Installing from NitoTV and Uninstalling for you. It's simple but gets the job done I think, HOW-TO: Install XBMC on Apple TV 2.

very nice!

Question, is the http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBM...le_updates bit still appropriate? Didn't want to just delete but doesn't the seatbelt dependancy take care of this now?

Oh yeah, very safe at this point to plunk out.

Maybe still mention the updating the Apple software will unjailbreak/uninstall XBMC so people don't think it's safe to do manually, but at the very least we don't need all the instructions.

Instructions updated for v11.0-4

I'm assuming ATV2 software 5.x still needs the extra lines:


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I don't know where else to post this question, so I'm just going to do so here since it seems relevant although not purely related to XBMC.

Both of my ATV2s went into a reboot loop yesterday, and the only way to stop them from rebooting was to disconnect them from the internet. I was unable to SSH into either device to try to obtain any sort of debugging information or to try any posted solutions (the solutions suggested that the problem was either related to an iOS worm affecting those who hadn't changed their default SSH passwords or an issue with Beigelist applications link). I had definitely changed booth the root and mobile passwords on both devices so I didn't think that would be the issue, and I had no way of re-installing the Beigelist applications since I had no SSH access -- fortunately I was able to jailbreak without an issue and everything is back up and running now.

Anyways, my question isn't really a question but something important I haven't seen documented: My old password still works to SSH into my device in addition to my new password. In actuality, it's not that my old password still works, it's that I only added some characters to my old password rather than change it completely. So what I've found is that the ATV2 password can only have a max length of 8 characters, anything after this doesn't matter. For an easy example, set your root password to pizzapizza, then try and ssh in with pizzapiz and it will work (pizzapi will not however). So, in summary, it is important to not only change your default SSH passwords, but to also change them to a complex combination of eight characters.

I don't know enough about cracking SSH passwords but from my experience the ATV2 doesn't lockout after x number of SSH tries. So I would imagine that bruteforcing a non-complex 8 character password is not only very possible, but comparably trivial.

Nice finding - thx.

Very strange. Memphiz also found out that this effects iDevices such as iPads. I've been meaning to put a mention on the wiki about it being a good idea to change the default password, and this will be good info to include with that.

Started adding some nightly/pre-Frodo info to the FAQ: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBM...ldid=48878

Feel free to mention if I missed anything, or if you want to add it yourself. Just be sure to use either {{Frodo note|TEXT HERE}} or {{Frodo box|TEXT HERE}} to mark it as a nightly feature.