you guys can't seriously think i will use a closed client (that might
simply send my password to their own servers) to connect to my *secure*
shell.
i hope this feature can be implemented.
Two years plus with no movement on file transfer support in ConnectBot.
Should we consider this an abandoned issue now? I'm disappointed, if so,
given the importance of having an open source implementation of SSH file
transfer on Android devices -- especially given that (at least the free
version of) AndFTP is kind of broken for SFTP even when I just want to move
files across to a temporary account created solely for that purpose, as a
work-around for having to trust closed source software with my
passwords/keys.
re Comment 22: You might find this helpful:
http://the-b.org/~kenny/bingo.txt
I don't think its unreasonable to want to know what the status is of this
feature considering that it was "planned" over two years ago and this
thread has gone uninformed for that length of time.
If andFTP continues to have a slow implementation of sftp and no scp is
implemented in in ConnectBot, then it is worthwhile getting a few
interested developers and exploring creating a paid app that has a very
efficient sftp implementation. At some point this paid app can go open
source to satisfy the issue of password/keys with closed source code.
I haven't looked in the marketplace for a while, but if no such paid app
exists then it is definitely worhwhile to create one.
@jedid...@gmail.com You don't need a separate app running on your mac 24/7.
You can use AndFTP and Go to system preferences on your mac and
allow "remote login" "ftp sharing" etc.e etc. If you toggle them on and
off, you'll see your IP address and computer's name etc. It'll say for
remote login or FTP access yourco...@192.xxx.x.xxx etc. etc. I used
that and when I use ANDFtp it asks me for the login I use on my mac. Then I
can access all my files (even ones I can't even see any more when I'm on
the mac!) I mean if you're just looking for a file on the road I don't
suppose you'll need SFTP? IDK! If you don't mind leaving a browser up and
running, you can also try Opera Unite, and install opera mini on your
droid. Also dropbox....
Anywho I'm gonna retry the SFTP on ANdFTP now and see what flies.
For those who desperately want SCP functionality in ConnectBot, I have a
few patches at https://github.com/staktrace/connectbot/commits/filetransfer
that add support for it. If you know how to build Android apps, feel free
to try it out (clone staktrace/connectbot and check out the "filetransfer"
branch). The UI is a little clumsy; I welcome feedback on how to improve it
based on actual usage scenarios.
I have implemented a basic background SCP file transfer (inspired by above
code link) in my clone VX ConnnectBot: http://connectbot.vx.sk - source
code is on GitHub (https://github.com/vx/connectbot). You can try it out
and ConnectBot developers are of course free to import the feature (open
source license).