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December 6, 2014.
The idea is to make a proper ssh implementation for Android. Important
features:
* it should run happily without root (on a non-root port)
* it should be a regular android app requiring no special permissions,
and not requiring any 'magic' executable files
* should not rely on busybox
* preferably support sftp
* open source
The existing apps are either expensive, don't work, need root, or too
complicated, or a mix of all of the above. And none of them are open
source.
I figure I'll start with dropbear, which I will run through JNI instead
of putting it in its own binary (because making such a binary executable
is a bit of a hack).
So that's the plan........
December 14, 2014.
I got dropbear to compile under the Android NDK, so now it's time to work
on the Android side of it.
I need:
* a Service that can be started, stopped, and queried for whether it's
running or not
* a Thread to implement the Service's work (by calling into dropbear's
main()), which can also be stopped.
* a config UI with at least these choices:
- bool: start on boot (def: false)
- number: port number (def: 2222)
- string: path to authorized_keys file (def: /sdcard/ssh)
- string: name of default shell (def: /system/bin/sh -l)
- string: default path for HOME (def: /sdcard/ssh)
- button: start or (if it's running) stop