Original post is here: eklausmeier.goip.de
I got somewhat tired of using FTP with my Android, even with lftp. Keeping multiple folders in sync is simply very cumbersome. If I only had rsync working on Android! I found SSHelper, written by Paul Lutus, see also Arachnoid.
SSHelper offers ssh, scp, rsync. You can ssh
to your Android phone and issue commands like vi
, ls
, top
, uptime
, etc.
Put your public key into .ssh/authorized_keys
on the smartphone then you can log-on without being prompted any password. This is very convenient.
[more_WP_Tag]Sample screenshot is given below.
SSHelper
Running top
on a Nexus 4 looks like this:
Mem: 1524664K used, 391008K free, 0K shrd, 69980K buff, 869424K cached
CPU0: 3.8% usr 7.4% sys 0.9% nic 87.7% idle 0.0% io 0.0% irq 0.0% sirq
CPU1: 0.0% usr 0.0% sys 0.0% nic 0.0% idle 0.0% io 0.0% irq 0.0% sirq
CPU2: 0.0% usr 0.0% sys 0.0% nic 0.0% idle 0.0% io 0.0% irq 0.0% sirq
CPU3: 0.0% usr 0.0% sys 0.0% nic 0.0% idle 0.0% io 0.0% irq 0.0% sirq
Load average: 0.70 1.44 5.39 2/1029 29712
PID PPID USER STAT VSZ %VSZ CPU %CPU COMMAND
517 172 1000 S 943m 50.2 0 2.2 system_server
6397 172 10052 S 915m 48.8 0 1.9 {droid.apps.plus} com.google.android.apps.plus
29709 29707 10019 R N 2260 0.1 0 1.6 top
26025 172 10019 S 870m 46.4 0 1.1 {chnoid.sshelper} com.arachnoid.sshelper
625 172 10057 S 854m 45.5 0 1.1 {ndroid.systemui} com.android.systemui
194 1 9999 S 10444 0.5 0 0.8 /system/bin/sensors.qcom
183 1 0 S < 6204 0.3 0 0.8 /system/bin/mpdecision --no_sleep --avg_comp
171 1 1000 S 66016 3.4 0 0.5 {Binder_2} /system/bin/surfaceflinger
22578 2 0 SW 0 0.0 0 0.5 [kworker/0:4]
29699 26055 10019 S N 1276 0.0 0 0.2 /data/data/com.arachnoid.sshelper/utilities/dropbear -p 2222 -P /data/data/com.arachnoid.sshelper/utilities/dro
617 2 0 SW 0 0.0 0 0.2 [TX_Thread]
618 2 0 SW 0 0.0 0 0.2 [RX_Thread]
25 2 0 SW 0 0.0 0 0.2 [khubd]
29270 2 0 SW 0 0.0 0 0.2 [kworker/u:15]
8665 172 10060 S 958m 51.1 0 0.0 {equicksearchbox} com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
25418 172 10010 S < 945m 50.4 0 0.0 {.android.chrome} com.android.chrome
760 172 10023 S 889m 47.4 0 0.0 {rocess.location} com.google.process.location
26154 172 10023 S 879m 46.9 0 0.0 {gle.android.gms} com.google.android.gms
24529 172 10016 S 876m 46.7 0 0.0 {e.android.email} com.google.android.email
805 172 10035 S 870m 46.4 0 0.0 {ndroid.launcher} com.android.launcher
856 172 10023 S 868m 46.3 0 0.0 {e.process.gapps} com.google.process.gapps
28886 172 10042 S 843m 44.9 0 0.0 {roid.music:main} com.google.android.music:main
28808 172 10050 S 842m 44.9 0 0.0 {android.vending} com.android.vending
28783 172 10073 S 840m 44.8 0 0.0 com.whatsapp
780 172 1001 S 838m 44.6 0 0.0 {m.android.phone} com.android.phone
26057 172 10029 S 836m 44.6 0 0.0 {gle.android.tts} com.google.android.tts
789 172 1027 S 836m 44.5 0 0.0 com.android.nfc
28476 172 10057 S 836m 44.5 0 0.0 {emui:screenshot} com.android.systemui:screenshot
26136 172 10022 S 836m 44.5 0 0.0 {ogle.android.gm} com.google.android.gm
1315 172 10017 S 833m 44.4 0 0.0 {ndroid.exchange} com.google.android.exchange
23488 172 10000 S 831m 44.3 0 0.0 {d.process.acore} android.process.acore
24771 172 10023 S 831m 44.3 0 0.0 {droid.gsf.login} com.google.android.gsf.login
24653 172 10089 S 826m 44.0 0 0.0 {m.concur.breeze} com.concur.breeze
28638 172 10006 S 824m 43.9 0 0.0 {ndroid.calendar} com.google.android.calendar
27149 172 10051 S 823m 43.9 0 0.0 {d.maps.mytracks} com.google.android.maps.mytracks
27084 172 1000 S 823m 43.8 0 0.0 {ndroid.settings} com.android.settings
743 172 10034 S 821m 43.8 1 0.0 {putmethod.latin} com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
844 172 1027 S 818m 43.6 0 0.0 {id.nfc:handover} com.android.nfc:handover
28618 172 10007 S 818m 43.6 0 0.0 {viders.calendar} com.android.providers.calendar
25175 172 10082 S 818m 43.6 0 0.0 {baggus.barometr} pl.baggus.barometr
26232 172 10015 S 818m 43.6 0 0.0 {d.process.media} android.process.media
172 1 0 S 808m 43.1 0 0.0 zygote /bin/app_process -Xzygote /system/bin --zygote --start-system-server
174 1 1013 S 45784 2.3 0 0.0 /system/bin/mediaserver
182 1 0 S < 20848 1.0 0 0.0 /system/bin/thermald
Added 28-Oct-2013: The recent update to version 2.3 of SSHelper unfortunately is completely broken. It doesn't start, no shell. I wished I had not updated. You probably have read this more than once in this blog: Newer is not better.
Added 05-Nov-2013: SSHelper is running again. Important notice from www.arachnoid.com: users must fully uninstall, then reinstall SSHelper.
Added 02-Mar-2020: I am no longer using SSHelper. I now use Termux instead. See ssh and rsync for Android, Termux.