Help with OpenSSH

[wyndsor]

I've already jailbreaked my phone and downloaded the openSSH from Cydia. When I tried using winSCP to connect to my iphone, it stats that connection timed out. My firewall has been disabled. Can anyone shed some light on how I could connect to my iphone?

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Are both OpenSSH and Wifi on? If not, they need to be.

[patrickj]

Are you sure SSH is turned on, on the iPhone? Are you using SBSettings or a similar app to toggle it on and off? (if not, it is a good idea to do that)

[wyndsor]

They are all turned on. I use this application called SBSettings to toggle them on.

[patrickj]

And iPhone definitely on same WiFi network as the computer running WinSCP?

[wyndsor]

Yes. It's on the same network.

[patrickj]

And the iPhone can get to the web, looks like it has a solid WiFi connection?

[wyndsor]

Yup. I can access the web using wifi.

[patrickj]

Jeez - you've probably already tried this - but reboot both iPhone and the PC running WinSCP - see if you still get same error ...

[wyndsor]

Lol. I did try that before. I tried it now and it's still the same thing. I wonder if I miss out anything?

[patrickj]

Hmmm, couple more things to check:

Make sure you are entering the iPhone's *current* IP address in WinSCP - it will change if it's using DHCP - maybe this entry is old in WinSCP

Make sure that the File Protocol field is set to SCP

[wyndsor]

Yep. I did everything. Does my iphone need to have BSD Subsystem?

[patrickj]

Yep. I did everything. Does my iphone need to have BSD Subsystem?

Yeah - that should have been a requirement to install OpenSSH.

[wyndsor]

D: Oh my. Where can I get BSD subsystem? I can't find it on Cydia or installer.

[patrickj]

D: Oh my. Where can I get BSD subsystem? I can't find it on Cydia or installer.

Maybe it was a package option when you ran Pwnage or similar jailbreak solution?

In any case, sounds like maybe an uninstall / reinstall of OpenSSH might be worth a go ...

[wyndsor]

I used QuickPwn for my phone's jailbreaking. I'll give the openSSH reinstallation a try

[wyndsor]

Still can't. ugh. This is so annoying.

[patrickj]

Jeez - I'd be back to suspecting the PC now. You said firewall is off, but how about any Norton (or similar) sort of AV security suite type ****e? Anything like that running? If so, look for a place to allow WinSCP connections ...

[wyndsor]

Ah. A miracle happened. It works already. Lol. Thanks for your time and help

[Mc Death]

No dude, just keep trying. It took me about 12 tries before I could access my iphone. Good luck.

[shutter13]

Make sure you set your auto lock to never, if the phone locks it will time out the connection.