Setup SFTP - Revision history

Scoutcamper-test2 at 01:19, 19 August 2011

2011-08-19T01:19:45Z

2011-07-25T13:35:21Z

added note to Application:OpenSSH page

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Clarified last edit.

2009-09-23T23:16:30Z

Added note about options for rebooting.

2009-09-06T04:39:36Z

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 Step 2: Set Read/Write Access:
-<pre><nowiki>
+<pre><nowiki>1
 sudo -i
 mount -o remount,rw /

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−	{{reorganize\|This page is deprecated (see Introduction). '''It is strongly recommended that unless you are an advanced Linux user, you use the automated setup meta-package instead of doing this manually. We suggest that you go [[Next_steps \| here]] instead.'''	+	{{reorganize\|This page is deprecated (see Introduction). '''It is strongly recommended that unless you are an advanced Linux user, you use the automated setup meta-package instead of doing this manually. We suggest that you go [[Next_steps \| here]] instead.''' Install "OpenSSH SFTP Server" from Preware and go to [[Application:OpenSSH]] for further instructions.

	'''Note also that if you are a windows user, winSCP is faster and just as secure using the SCP protocol without doing all this. We suggest just using winSCP without bothering to set it up for SFTP which is slower and no more secure.''' }}		'''Note also that if you are a windows user, winSCP is faster and just as secure using the SCP protocol without doing all this. We suggest just using winSCP without bothering to set it up for SFTP which is slower and no more secure.''' }}

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-'''It is strongly recommended that unless you are an advanced Linux user, you use the automated setup meta-package instead of doing this manually.  We suggest that you go [[Next_steps | here]] instead.'''
+{{reorganize|This page is deprecated (see Introduction). '''It is strongly recommended that unless you are an advanced Linux user, you use the automated setup meta-package instead of doing this manually.  We suggest that you go [[Next_steps | here]] instead.'''
-'''Note also that if you are a windows user, winSCP is faster and just as secure using the SCP protocol without doing all this.  We suggest just using winSCP without bothering to set it up for SFTP which is slower and no more secure.'''
+'''Note also that if you are a windows user, winSCP is faster and just as secure using the SCP protocol without doing all this.  We suggest just using winSCP without bothering to set it up for SFTP which is slower and no more secure.''' }}
 Once you have accessed Linux on your Pre, it would be nice to be able to get and put files off the Pre without having to switch to usb drive mode, and copy the files over,and switch back to user mode, and move the files out of the media/internal folder and so forth.

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 reboot
 </nowiki></pre>
 Method 3:
 Turn off the Pre by holding the power button until the 'Turn Off' button appears and then pressing it. Turn the Pre back on after it has turned off by holding the power button until you see the Palm logo.
 To login to the Pre using WinSCP:

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 reboot
 </nowiki></pre>
 Method 3:

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−	''If you ~~want~~ the automated setup meta-package, go [[Next_steps \| here]].''	+	'''It is strongly recommended that unless you are an advanced Linux user, you use the automated setup meta-package instead of doing this manually. We suggest that you go [[Next_steps \| here]] instead.'''
		+
		+	'''Note also that if you are a windows user, winSCP is faster and just as secure using the SCP protocol without doing all this. We suggest just using winSCP without bothering to set it up for SFTP which is slower and no more secure.'''

	Once you have accessed Linux on your Pre, it would be nice to be able to get and put files off the Pre without having to switch to usb drive mode, and copy the files over,and switch back to user mode, and move the files out of the media/internal folder and so forth.		Once you have accessed Linux on your Pre, it would be nice to be able to get and put files off the Pre without having to switch to usb drive mode, and copy the files over,and switch back to user mode, and move the files out of the media/internal folder and so forth.

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 Step 4: Modify the sudoers file to allow your user account to sudo sftp-server without a password:
 <pre><nowiki>
-vi sudo
+visudo
 </nowiki></pre>
 Once in the file, add the following line after the existing ALL line for your user - where //myusername// should be replaced with the user account that you are using to access your Pre via SSH.  The order of the lines count here :

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−	''If you want the automated setup meta-package, go [[Next_steps \| here]]''	+	''If you want the automated setup meta-package, go [[Next_steps \| here]].''

	Once you have accessed Linux on your Pre, it would be nice to be able to get and put files off the Pre without having to switch to usb drive mode, and copy the files over,and switch back to user mode, and move the files out of the media/internal folder and so forth.		Once you have accessed Linux on your Pre, it would be nice to be able to get and put files off the Pre without having to switch to usb drive mode, and copy the files over,and switch back to user mode, and move the files out of the media/internal folder and so forth.

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 Once you have accessed Linux on your Pre, it would be nice to be able to get and put files off the Pre without having to switch to usb drive mode, and copy the files over,and switch back to user mode, and move the files out of the media/internal folder and so forth.
-One good way to do this is via sftp.  If you are not sure what that is, please visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol].
+One good way to do this is via SFTP.  If you are not sure what that is, please visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol this wiki page].
 This document assumes you know why you want sftp, and how to use it once it's on the Pre.

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 Quit and save your changes (ESC :wq)
-Step 5: Readonly the Pre:
+Step 5: Mount the Pre's file system as read-only:
 <pre><nowiki>
 mount -o remount,ro /
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 Turn off the Pre by holding the power button until the 'Turn Off' button appears and then pressing it. Turn the Pre back on after it has turned off by holding the power button until you see the Palm logo.
-To Login to the Pre using winSCP:
+To login to the Pre using WinSCP:
 <pre><nowiki>