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Connectbot for iPhone

November 17, 2015November 16, 2015 by Mr Lofven

Are you switching from Android to iPhone, and still want a neat app for running terminal via SSH? Connectbot is currently not available for iPhone, bur there is a very good alternative in “Serverauditor”. It has all the features you could possibly look for, including key based ssh authentication, swipe screen for bash history etc. … Read more

Using TAB, page up/down, and scrolling in Connectbot

August 27, 2015 by Mr Lofven

In version 1.8.5 of Connectbot (perhaps earlier versions too) there´s a feature that I´ve really missed in earlier versions of this Android app: How to actually do auto-complete when selecting files, and scrolling up and down in a text file. (Sorry, for some reason I cant make screenshots when the Connectbot keyboard is visible. You … Read more

Android Connectbot quick tips

August 27, 2015March 29, 2012 by Mr Lofven

My post on how to use public key authentication in Connectbot is one of the most frequently visited posts at arbi.se. Here are just a few, but indeed helpful, tips on how to use common commands in Connectbot.

Using Connectbot for SSH with pubkey authentication on Android

August 27, 2015May 13, 2010 by Mr Lofven

Updated July 4, 2015 This how-to was posted at a time when I was using a HTC Legend and a Ubuntu 8.10 server. This was back in 2010. I have done some checking of this how-to, and I have verified that the instructions are still valid today (July 2015). Nowadays I use a Samsung Note … Read more