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<h1>SimpleSSHD</h1>
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<p>SimpleSSHD is an SSH2 server based on dropbear that supports scp,
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sftp, and rsync. It only supports public-key based authentication (no
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password/interactive auth). It does not use root, which means it must
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listen on a port over 1024 (defaults to port 2222).</p>
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<h2>Quick start</h2>
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<ul>
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<li> Install SimpleSSHD.
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<li> Make a directory <tt>/sdcard/ssh</tt>, and put an
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<tt>authorized_keys</tt> file in that directory.
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<li> On any computer which will connect to your Android device, set the
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port to 2222. With OpenSSH, this can be done by putting these lines in
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<tt>~/.ssh/config</tt>:
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<pre>
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Host myphone
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Port 2222
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</pre>
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<li> Launch SimpleSSHD, and in Settings enable "Start on Boot", and
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manually start it for the first time.
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<li> You might want to put a <tt>.profile</tt> in <tt>/sdcard/ssh</tt>,
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too.
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</ul>
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<p>Voila! You can use ssh/scp/sftp/rsync to talk to your Android device!</p>
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<h2>Configuration</h2>
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<p>There are three directory settings that are important for SimpleSSHD.</p>
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<p>The first is the path for general dropbear files, which defaults to
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<tt>/sdcard/ssh</tt>. Most importantly, this is where
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<tt>authorized_keys</tt> is found. It is also where host keys wind up
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(they are created on demand), and where temporary files go.</p>
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<p>Next is the path to the login shell. The default Android shell is
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2014-12-22 18:35:20 +00:00
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<tt>/system/bin/sh</tt>, but you may prefer to use the one that comes with
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2015-06-21 13:09:42 +00:00
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busybox or whatever. If you set it to the su binary (i.e.,
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<tt>/system/xbin/su</tt>), then scp, sftp, and
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rsync will run as root and should be able to access files
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outside of the sdcard.</p>
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<p>A bug in SuperSU interacts with an infelicity in rsync to cause an
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occasional deadlock. This is a real pain because I use SuperSU+rsync
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for system-wide backups, which will always eventually trigger the
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deadlock. To work around this, there is a "Buffer hack" option that
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should be enabled if you use rsync with SuperSU. It adds a miniscule
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overhead to rsync, but isn't harmful even if you aren't using
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SuperSU.</p>
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<p>Finally, there is the path for the home directory, which also defaults
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to <tt>/sdcard/ssh</tt>. This is where your ssh session starts out, and is
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where <tt>.profile</tt> will be found if it is present.</p>
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<p>There is also a place where you can put commandline options for
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dropbear server. The options which are hardcoded are: <tt>-R -F -p
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:portno</tt>. You can use <tt>\</tt> or <tt>"</tt> to escape characters
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in this commandline.</p>
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2014-12-22 17:43:16 +00:00
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<h2>Change Log</h2>
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<li> <b>2014/12/22 Version 1.0:</b> Initial public release.
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2015-01-18 19:51:13 +00:00
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<li> <b>2014/12/29 Version 1.1:</b> Works with Lollipop now.
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<li> <b>2015/01/18 Version 1.2:</b> Displays the IP address it's listening on.
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<li> <b>2015/06/21 Version 1.3:</b> Hack to make rsync work with SuperSU.
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<li> <b>2015/11/23 Version 1.4:</b> Don't abort if IP address lookup fails, and make proper "About" menu.
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<li> <b>2016/06/11 Version 1.5:</b> SuperSU+rsync hack now limits the buffer size to 1MB.
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2016-06-13 00:35:34 +00:00
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<li> <b>2016/06/12 Version 1.6:</b> Fix typo that broke scp/sftp/rsync in version 1.5.
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</ul>
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<h2>About</h2>
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2014-12-22 18:39:19 +00:00
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<p>SimpleSSHD is built using parts from open source projects:
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<a href="https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html">Dropbear SSH</a>,
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<a href="http://www.openssh.com/">openssh</a> (for scp and sftp-server),
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and <a href="http://rsync.samba.org/">rsync</a>. Those projects in turn
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are built on other projects. A lot of people's work is represented here,
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and very little of my own.</p>
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<p>But if you find bugs/infelicities, it's probably my fault, so email
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me:<br>
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<img src="/email.png"></p>
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2016-06-11 20:54:08 +00:00
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<p>To get the source:<br>
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<blockquote><pre>git clone http://galexander.org/git/simplesshd.git</pre></blockquote></p>
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