SSH over USB - iOS Tweak Development Pt. 3

GitHub: github.com/ZaneH/Tweak-Series
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[@Legoboy0215]

If you the command ssh-copy-id fails with an error, you need to generate a SSH key first. Follow the SSH without Password section in the iPhone Dev Wiki. Also, if you change the default name for the .pub file (from id_rsa to something else) you should either not do that or workaround the lack of custom identify file selection in install.exec in Theos by creating a config file in your .ssh folder (Usually ~/.ssh). Type this:
nano ~/.ssh/config
then add this line:
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/your_key_name
Restart your Terminal session then SSH with public keys will work.

[@Abu_Remas]

thanks Bro

[@mohammadalikhani5175]

thanks zane, is that possible to hook up swift apps with Theos? if that true can you give me an example on github? i really appreciate you.

[@huntershutt602]

id like to know aswell

[@EasyZENT]

Can I use Putty for Windows?

[@ZaneHelton]

Easy Z Yup, any SSH client should work.

[@mlpzaqwer]

getting the error "/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found" when trying to set up the ssh-copy-id tried brew install ssh-copy-id but didn't help

[@mlpzaqwer]

Figured it out. needed to update brew, but that was taking a while. used brew doctor to see what warnings i needed to fix and did xcode-select --install which ended up making brew update faster. then ran brew install ssh-copy-id which let me use the command correctly.
EDIT: this actually fixed brew but not the automatic log in.
EDIT EDIT: looks like i have to use the ssh-keygen and do some stuff but it is 3am and I'm just happy I got it to work! automatic log in is nice to have but too happy I got this working.

[@vladkrstevski1482]

@@mlpzaqwer
This comment actually ended up helping me a lot so thanks you kind user.
If anyone else is interested how i got it to work, run this:
ssh-keygen **your target device password**
ssh-copy-id -i **it saved a .pub file somewhere, put it here** -p 2222 root@localhost

[@meyrisaastini1040]

Sir, can this method used to copy photos from the iPhone to Mac?

[@ZaneHelton]

Meyrisa Astini If it’s stored in a file, yes, you can use scp/ftp to transfer the photo/video

[@meyrisaastini1040]

@@ZaneHelton Sorry sir, do you have a tutorial video for that?

[@ZaneHelton]

Meyrisa Astini nope

[@meyrisaastini1040]

@@ZaneHelton Alright, Thank you Sir!

[@mlpzaqwer]

For the people, here is the code. You are welcome :)
@interface SBLockScreenViewControllerBase : UIViewController
@end
%hook SBLockScreenViewControllerBase
- (void)viewDidLoad {
%orig;
// our code
// UIView is a control from UIKit
UIView *redSquare = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,200,200)];
[redSquare setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
[self.view addSubview:redSquare];
}
%end

[@DirtyDoughnur]

lol how is nano not for grownups :(

[@ainguyenvan3629]

what's going on?
macbooks-Air:~ macbook$ ssh root@localhost -p 2222
ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

[@ZaneHelton]

Try running `ssh-copy-id root@localhost -p 2222'

[@ainguyenvan3629]

macbooks-Air:~ macbook$ ssh-copy-id root@localhost -p 2222
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found

[@ZaneHelton]

Montage LOL You need to generate your SSH keys. I’m pretty sure most guides recommend `ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096' and then follow the defaults. Then try the ssh-copy-id again

[@ainguyenvan3629]

macbooks-Air:~ macbook$ ssh-copy-id root@localhost -p 2222
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: Source of key(s) to be installed: "/Users/macbook/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

[@ainguyenvan3629]

it still have ERROR ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host