SSH: Cannot connect, cannot ping

vurt · 02-06-2023, 09:39 AM

I turned on SSH server in KOReader and want to FTP into my KV.

Transmit is asking for password even though I'd set login without password.

In Terminal, I can ssh in without password but these directories are different from what I see via USB.

Code:

 ~ % ssh -p 2222 root@192.168.1.179
root@192.168.1.179's password: 
[root@kindle root]# ls -a
.             ..            .ash_history  .local
[root@kindle root]# cd .local
[root@kindle .local]# ls -a
.      ..     share
[root@kindle .local]# cd share
[root@kindle share]# ls -a
.       ..      webkit
[root@kindle share]# cd webkit
[root@kindle webkit]# ls -a
.             ..            icondatabase
[root@kindle webkit]#

EDIT:
I used username "root" and password "root" to login with SFTP, but I thought we didn't need a password.

Frenzie · 02-06-2023, 01:11 PM

Most people submit an empty password.

But in reality anything goes.

I believe whatever the Kindle exposes over USB would be found somewhere under /mnt/us.

vurt · 02-06-2023, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frenzie

Most people submit an empty password.

But in reality anything goes.

Maybe I'm not getting how to do this correctly? How do I submit an empty password?

In the username field, I had "root" and the password field was empty.

When Transmit made the connection, I'm getting a popup asking for password.

Anyways I managed to ftp in. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

NiLuJe · 02-06-2023, 01:30 PM

Unless you setup a shared key pair, the daemon will *always* ask for a password. What the "no password check" patch does is simply allow *anything* (even nothing, i.e., just hit enter at the password prompt) to go through as valid.

vurt · 02-06-2023, 01:35 PM

Ah, thanks for clarifying.

Maybe it's just Transmit then, it won't accept an empty field but the "anything goes" option @Frenzie mentioned works.

NiLuJe · 02-06-2023, 01:38 PM

Quite likely, yeah

.

02-06-2023, 09:39 AM	#1
vurt Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 28 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: KV	SFTP: asking for password despite login without password I turned on SSH server in KOReader and want to FTP into my KV. Transmit is asking for password even though I'd set login without password. In Terminal, I can ssh in without password but these directories are different from what I see via USB. Code: ~ % ssh -p 2222 root@192.168.1.179 root@192.168.1.179's password: [root@kindle root]# ls -a . .. .ash_history .local [root@kindle root]# cd .local [root@kindle .local]# ls -a . .. share [root@kindle .local]# cd share [root@kindle share]# ls -a . .. webkit [root@kindle share]# cd webkit [root@kindle webkit]# ls -a . .. icondatabase [root@kindle webkit]# EDIT: I used username "root" and password "root" to login with SFTP, but I thought we didn't need a password. Last edited by vurt; 02-06-2023 at 10:52 AM.

02-06-2023, 01:11 PM	#2
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,619 Karma: 724945 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Most people submit an empty password. But in reality anything goes. I believe whatever the Kindle exposes over USB would be found somewhere under /mnt/us. Last edited by Frenzie; 02-06-2023 at 01:14 PM.

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02-06-2023, 01:30 PM	#4
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Unless you setup a shared key pair, the daemon will always ask for a password. What the "no password check" patch does is simply allow anything (even nothing, i.e., just hit enter at the password prompt) to go through as valid.

02-06-2023, 01:35 PM	#5
vurt Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 28 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: KV	Ah, thanks for clarifying. Maybe it's just Transmit then, it won't accept an empty field but the "anything goes" option @Frenzie mentioned works.

02-06-2023, 01:38 PM	#6
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Quite likely, yeah .