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Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequently Asked Questions

This page lists the frequently asked questions from the forum and either answers them of preferably links to the appropriate page in the documentation where they are answered. Please add your own questions AND answers to keep this useful.

Thank you, guys! And don’t play with edit buttons pls

General

How do I connect to different port numbers?

using-sessions - see the note on Host in the Sessions menu section.

Connecting to OpenSSH

Set PasswordAuthentication yes in your sshd_config to allow logging in with a password.

Connection to RS-232, Null-Modem or Unix-Type Consoles

MidpSSH only supports connections over TCP/IP. It is not going to support alternative connection types. However if you have a specific interest then it should definitely be possible to implement as long as the OS and J2ME allows it. If you implement it then I will be happy to look at integrating it as appropriate.

Can I use Forward or reverse SSH Tunnels?

There is no tunnel support in MidpSSH. This should be a relatively simple permission. The main developer (Karl) does not have a device that could make use of this so it isn’t a development priority at the moment.

How do you scroll the display when in a session???

A simple scrolling can be achived by using standard tools, like “less”, ex. ‘ls -a | less -X’. Then use your phone keys UP/DOWN to scroll.

Why does the "ls | more" not work?

Please, describe problem more detailed. Does `ls` work? Does `ps | more` work? Does `more <file>` work? Is “|” a real “|” and not other look alike symbol?

How can I log a session output in a log file?

To log file on phone, or on server? Currently logging in file feature in midpssh is missing.

Why keyboard-interactive authentications do not work even in 1.6.0?

How can I set the port on which to connect to my ssh server?

If you change or add a host in your sessions list you can specify the port by entering the number of it after the hostname, seperated by a colon (e.g. example-host.org:2222).

Is there a way to import an existing public key that I use?

Currenlty you can’t. But you can generate new key in midpssh, and import it to your servers

Can I run a USB cable into my laptop and view the session over minicom?

No, you can’t. Does any mobile phones have ability to work with their COM port from java application?

When I type, the onscreen characters look like ^[[D^[[B^[[C etc. What's going on?

Change the input mode to “Type” while connected to the server

How do I connect to a Novell Netware server running SSHD.NLM?

Ensure you are using SSH2 and SSHD.NLM is running on the server (add it to autoexec.ncf), first of all. Then attempt one connection that will likely time out as the keys are initially generated. After that, you will probably be able to connect but not with a fully qualified username (ie. use “bsmith” instead of “bsmith.gis.texas.usa.novell” or whatever your user container object is).

Is this project as awesome as it sounds?

Yes, cool

Is there plans to serve the key via an agent and allow agent forwarding?

On the Samsung Gravity 2 everything works, but the QWERTY keyboard is ignored. Is there some way to get the qwerty keyboard working for typing passwords and typing in the shell?

Use the software keyboard.

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