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Well, sure, I didn't expect it to be running a SSH server right away, but I was hoping to have a SSH option somewhere in the settings or, in the worst case, a d
by ACS_Solver 7y ago
Well, sure, I didn't expect it to be running a SSH server right away, but I was hoping to have a SSH option somewhere in the settings or, in the worst case, a downloadable app. It's a power user feature of course, but knowing that it's a Unix-based device, I absolutely expected easy SSH access. Then again, this is something that happened a lot with my brief use of iOS - I would repeatedly find that Apple clearly didn't intend for power user features to be accessed.
I have no experience with OS X so don't know if the same applies there.
- htfu 7y agoBack in the early jailbreak days I used to run a daemon so I could log in and poke around, but unless you’re developing, well what was your exact use-case? I never found one, it’s not a server. These days I use SSH a ton on my iOS devices through various apps and for many purposes (direct shell access, firing off scripts, port forwarding...) but that’s all logging into machines.
- ACS_Solver 7y agoEven without scripting, shell access and so on, I have regular file transfer as a major use case for SSH, through scp or rsync. Sending some files to my phone is very convenient now due to the brilliant KDE Connect project, but I'd still say scp is the next most convenient option.
- htfu 7y agoTrue, pushing from desktop to phone is slightly more convenient than digging out phone and pulling from destop. But isn't the important part that the phone can indeed transfer stuff over SSH, not the exact manner it's done?
- userbinator 7y agoOS X has SSH, and it is an option you can enable.