[NCLUG] SSH on Android

[James DeWitt]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:17:50 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 04:43:36PM -0600, James DeWitt wrote:
> > 
> > ConnectBot is a good and free SSH client for Android.
> 
> It's pretty nice from what I've seen, but apparently all it does is
> shell login, because I can't find any way to use SFTP or SCP with it,
> which is really the bigger concern at this time.

Yes.  Luckily, the code is here:

  http://connectbot.googlecode.com/svn/trunk

:-)

> > AndFTP seems likewise to be a good FTP/SFTP/FTPS client, but I have
> > only used it a little.  Have you tried this one?  
> 
> AndFTP is one of the two Android FTP apps I've tried for SFTP, and is
> the one that gave me the authentication error that I saw someone else
> reported in a discussion forum.


Greyhound FTP and Mobile SFTP are paid apps, also on the marketplace.
Each has a free trial version though.  Perhaps one of those would work?



> > Some apps seem to not be able or willing to accept self-signed
> > certificates, but others can.  Not sure if AndFTP does, but it is a
> > defect, in my opinion.
> 
> Self-signed certificates . . . ?  I'm talking about SFTP with SSH
> encryption, not FTPS with SSL encryption.  If you are not thinking of
> FTPS, please clarify your meaning when you talk about self-signed
> certificates.
> 
> 
> > 
> > As to command line and bundling issues, if you have root on your
> > phone, you may be able to port some things to it. However, since it
> > has very limited memory and native libraries, it is probably not
> > worth it.
> 
> I do not have root on my smartphone, and have not been able to find
> any references to rooting the Cliq that provide much confidence that
> I can do so without turning the thing into a brick.  Considering I'm
> on the hook for two years of data service, that seems like a really
> expensive chance to take at this point.
>