Troubles after 5.6.1 update

[seffka_p]

Hi guys!

Today my K got update to 5.6.1 (Yes, I know, I had to install OTA prevention, but I didn't) So, I lost some hacks, but I was really glad to know that KUAL still work. In KUAL, I had only kterm and KOReader. kterm is working, but KOR isn't. Can I get it work someway? I really need to read DJVUs on my K.

Thank you

[knc1]

You have kTerm still working?
As what user?
(Enter:
whoami
)

If your (still) root - then you probably can fix things up from the kTerm command line.

[seffka_p]

Originally Posted by knc1

You have kTerm still working?
As what user?
(Enter:
whoami
)

If your (still) root - then you probably can fix things up from the kTerm command line.

No. It printed "framework".

When I execute "login root" is reports "login: must be suid to work properly"

[knc1]

Originally Posted by seffka_p

No. It printed "framework".

When I execute "login root" is reports "login: must be suid to work properly"

login is not the command you want.

your running as user 'framework'
you want to 'switch user' (I.E: su) without root having a password.

check the files in NiLuJe's most recent jailbreak package, there may be an 'su' utility in there, if there is, it is one that doesn't check for or ask for a password.

[seffka_p]

Originally Posted by knc1

login is not the command you want.

your running as user 'framework'
you want to 'switch user' (I.E: su) without root having a password.

check the files in NiLuJe's most recent jailbreak package, there may be an 'su' utility in there, if there is, it is one that doesn't check for or ask for a password.

I executed "su", but it printed the same as login. "suid", what is this?

[NiLuJe]

setuid bit, dust off your unix manual about file permissions .

Given the fact that you need to be root to actually set the setuid bit (obviously), catch-22: you're screwed. [And even before that, you also need to be on a FS which actually handles unix permissions, ie. not vfat, which rules out the userstore].

[knc1]

On a complete (not an embedded) Linux system:
man suid

that is the man(ual) command to look up suid

Also recognized by web search engines, just search: man suid

as in:
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/man.1.html

[MaCXyLo]

Originally Posted by seffka_p

Hi guys!

Today my K got update to 5.6.1 (Yes, I know, I had to install OTA prevention, but I didn't) So, I lost some hacks [...]

Same problem here...
Hacked my device successfully (jailbreak, KUAL, USBNet...)
forgot to install OTA preventation - now my kpw2 runs on 5.6.1.

KUAL doesn't start anymore in my case.
try to start ;un , doesn't happen.

Anyway to make it undo? -,-
bite myself in the ass...

Don't want to screw the device up to soldering serial port.

[eschwartz]

Your options are limited to:

• pray to the god of your choice that you forgot you updated to (or originally installed, unlikely since it is new) JB>=1.13
• serial port
• pray to the god of your choice that someone pulls a new jailbreak exploit out of their hat
• Find some way to get Amazon to replace your Kindle, hopefully the new one is still on the old firmware, and install the latest JB.

[Case]

Also was force-upgraded to 5.6.1, also have stuff only running as framework now.

I do however still have a working hacked su binary with suid flag set in:

/var/local/mkk/su

Managed to get my battery status script to work again by editing its menu.json and changing the launch action to start with

/var/local/mkk/su -c

This is overly hacky though, what am I missing for things to automatically run as root? I have a regular non-hacked /bin/su that is symlinked to busybox and asks for the root password. Should I switch that with the one in /var/local?

[eschwartz]

I believe KUAL now automatically elevates to root before running extensions (that was part and parcel of the JB=1.13 update).

Have you checked you are running the latest version of KUAL (2.5)?

[NiLuJe]

@Case: As @eschwartsz mentioned, upgrade to KUAL >= 2.5, it'll take care of everything.

[Case]

Thank you for your help eschwartz and NiLuJe, that solved it.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Case

Also was force-upgraded to 5.6.1, also have stuff only running as framework now.

I do however still have a working hacked su binary with suid flag set in:

/var/local/mkk/su

Managed to get my battery status script to work again by editing its menu.json and changing the launch action to start with

/var/local/mkk/su -c

This is overly hacky though, what am I missing for things to automatically run as root? I have a regular non-hacked /bin/su that is symlinked to busybox and asks for the root password. Should I switch that with the one in /var/local?

**NO**
The busybox and anything else in /bin will be replaced with the next Amazon upgrade ;
The things in /var/local belong to you, they will not be replaced.

Hackish as it may seem, leave the special su where it is and use a full path to it in any scripting - - that is much more likely to be a stable solution.