Friday, September 10, 2010

Open SSH for iPad

SSH means secure shell - you can coonect thru your iPad via SSH!
This protocol allow us to access the file system of the iPad Touch once you ran the Jailbreak. We may, thus, transfer files and content at will, in any folder. once you’ve got ssh installed on your iPad and active, you can access your iPad from a shell on your Mac or with third party programs.

Connecting to your iPad remotely lets you use the full power of your device!.
from cydia, go to the menu and install OpenSSH then download putty and after
everything is done go to the wiufi settings of your iPad and fins the I.P address assigned to the device. enter it to the puTTy client or winscp for windows and cyberduck for mac Os, you can connect from there.

Instructions :

Note of your iPad IP address from Settings > WiFi and tap on the blue arrow to the right of the name of your home network. In the next screen you can find the IP Address of your wireless network.

Now Launch your SSH client program. you will need to fill the following information, enter the ip address of the iPad, just leave the ports to default.

Hostname or Server = iPad's IP Address "ex. 192.168.0.100"
Username = root
Password = alpine

("the default password is alpine, you can change this in your iPad anytine")

File Protocol = Should be SCP on WinSCP and SFTP on Cyberduck

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