ssh shell/ftp access for PocketBook Pro readers - Page 8

rkomar · 11-11-2025, 02:42 AM

That's great! I made a link to your post with the attached zipfile in the first one in this thread, to make it easier for anybody to find. To be honest, my enthusiasm for providing apps for PocketBook devices went down significantly when they started culling functions from InkView and breaking my previous projects. It's good that you provided a build yourself because I probably wasn't going to get around to it with all the extra work required just to get the latest SDK working. Thanks for doing the work.

CrazyCoder · 11-11-2025, 11:37 AM

Thanks! I didn't try the jailbreak with the 6.10, it likely won't work, so reverted to 6.8 for now to have working SSH access with your instructions for changing /dev/ptmx permissions to get working TTY.

On my FW /usr/dev is actually a tar archive (/usr/dev.tar). So you need to unpack it, change the permissions of the ptmx file to 666 and pack it back for the changes to persist after the reboot.

I also forgot to remove debug logging from ssh/sshd_config in the shared zip. You may want to remove this line: "LogLevel DEBUG".

rkomar · 11-11-2025, 11:57 AM

Personally, I use utelnetd to get a terminal on my devices. Have you tried that instead of ssh? I still use scp to transfer documents over, though.

CrazyCoder · 11-11-2025, 11:59 AM

Oh, thanks for the tip! I'll give it a try.

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11-11-2025, 02:42 AM	#106
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,073 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	That's great! I made a link to your post with the attached zipfile in the first one in this thread, to make it easier for anybody to find. To be honest, my enthusiasm for providing apps for PocketBook devices went down significantly when they started culling functions from InkView and breaking my previous projects. It's good that you provided a build yourself because I probably wasn't going to get around to it with all the extra work required just to get the latest SDK working. Thanks for doing the work.

11-11-2025, 11:37 AM	#107
CrazyCoder Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 1256026 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis (10th gen), Kobo Libra 2, Onyx Leaf2 Black	Thanks! I didn't try the jailbreak with the 6.10, it likely won't work, so reverted to 6.8 for now to have working SSH access with your instructions for changing /dev/ptmx permissions to get working TTY. On my FW /usr/dev is actually a tar archive (/usr/dev.tar). So you need to unpack it, change the permissions of the ptmx file to 666 and pack it back for the changes to persist after the reboot. I also forgot to remove debug logging from ssh/sshd_config in the shared zip. You may want to remove this line: "LogLevel DEBUG".

11-11-2025, 11:57 AM	#108
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,073 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Personally, I use utelnetd to get a terminal on my devices. Have you tried that instead of ssh? I still use scp to transfer documents over, though.

11-11-2025, 11:59 AM	#109
CrazyCoder Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 1256026 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis (10th gen), Kobo Libra 2, Onyx Leaf2 Black	Oh, thanks for the tip! I'll give it a try.

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