To end all Confusion in the community

[Alpha43]

Hello Everyone,

I hope you guys have noticed some new stickies.. To me i see them as the ultimate guide to help everyone out.

I had very special help from a member which i credited in the bottom of the threads. Thanks!

Anyway i just want to hear a few comments.. I hope you guys enjoy the new stickies and appreciate the write up.

I seriously hope this helps alot of people out.

So please people... Before you do anything or post anything on the forum........
READ THE STICKIES!

~Alpha~

[justthinking]

Great job Alpha!

The only thing I am still working on now is the way to edit how a1200 read alpha tags or perhaps the way to edit the alpha tags table inside a1200.

If firmware 12P become available, that wouldn't be too bad either.

Lastly, I know we all are eager to see when the new a1200 w/ edge will come out and see if our old a1200 can indeed become edge enabled.

[drummurr]

Great job on the stickies!! Lots of awesome information! Thanks for putting it together!!!

[CLOVIS KKK]

I have to take a time to read all tips in the sticky (I don't know if i miss some good stuff).

I think you can add a little note about A1200i (multi-language version) on the tip about Telneting. If there is nothing new, that telnet daemon don't work on A1200i. A1200i users need to be directed to the SSHD (also posted by Bragon).

[Alpha43]

Well my knowledge on the A1200i is limited due to the fact that i have the A1200. If you want to help me write something out thats would be nice.

~Alpha~

[CLOVIS KKK]

Well my knowledge on the A1200i is limited due to the fact that i have the A1200. If you want to help me write something out thats would be nice.

~Alpha~

I have the same problem, I don't have a a1200 .

I did a quick read in your post and found one note regarding A1200i (Firmware (R532L4_G_11.40.0FR) :

Section H.

• Telnetting and how to telnet

Bragon's SMB Daemon works on A1200i but Bragon's Telnet Daemon can't run on A1200i because there's no Libwrap shared library on that firmware.
But there is an alternative that work. A1200i users should follow the instructions on:
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/v...highlight=sshd
this thread shows how to install dropbear's Secure Shell compiled by Bragon.

But SSHD setup is not easy on A1200i because:
a/ people have to know how Secure Shell works (public/private keys, exchanging keys, etc)
b/ in the instructions Bragon suppoused that the user already had telnet into the ming (this is not the case for A1200i users).
I've made 3 scripts to install SSHD but I tested only on my on phone (which has modified linloader). Also, these scripts shall work on A1200.

I will post the scripts here with instructions later, but some one has to test them. The scripts are exactly the same as Bragon's instructions but with a command to run as root and append public keys.

[CLOVIS KKK]

Ok.

How to open a console to A1200i (firmware L4_G_11.40.0FR) from your desktop.

Ps1. Without the need for a previous console on the phone.
Ps2. This should also work on A1200.


Things you need to have

1. MPKG installer (see how to on section B of http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9008).
2. A USBLan or PPP connection to your workstation (can't find a tutorial on this but the driver can be found here http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8487).
3. SSH Daemon for the Ming (download here http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5622)
4. SSH Client for the desktop (see below)

There are lots of free SSH Clients on the net. I like to use Putty for windows. Putty is here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html
You will need to download Putty.exe and Puttygen.exe.

Putty setup
On the client side (your desktop) you will need to generate a key pair.
Here are instructions for Putty:

1. Copy Putty.exe and Puttygen.exe to the installation directory of your preference.
3. Execute Puttygen.exe to create a Key pair for the client.
4. On Puttygen window click "Generate" (there is no need to change anything - the default setting is exactly what we need).
5. Move the mouse over the window until the progress bar reaches the end (this step creates a random seed for the key pair).
6. Fill the "key passphase" and "Confirm passphrase" fields with a password of your choice.
7. Create files with your keys by clicking on "Save public key" and "Save private key".

Dropbear SSHD setup

1. Download the attached file dropbearSetup.zip. It contains 3 scripts (lin files).
1. sshdPrepare.lin prepares Dropbear's diretories and permissions.
3. sshdPrepareUser.lin creates profiles for EZX and ROOT users.
4. sshdCopyKeys.lin copies public keys (from client) to the authorizes keys to use with user ROOT.
2. First of all, unpack sshd-a1200-v1_0.zip and dropbearSetup.zip on your device's transflash and install Bragon's sshd-a1200-v1_0.pkg.
3. Reboot the phone to see the SSHD icon on the menu.
4. Create a file named "mykey.pub" in the same directory you have unpacked the scripts with a text editor that uses UNIX like line terminator (on windows you can use Metapad - search with google).
6. The file should have only one line (or one for each public key you create). The content has to be:
ssh-rsa <yourkey> <root>
<yourkey> is the client public key. This is the content of the public key file you've created with puttygen.exe without the first two lines, the last line and without any line break.
<root> is just a comment, you can put anything here to remember what key is this.
7. I attached a sample mykey.pub for reference.
8. Execute the three scripts with linload in this sequence:
1. sshdPrepare.lin
2. sshdPrepareUser.lin
3. sshdCopyKeys.lin
9. End
10. You can execute sshdCopyKeys.lin again for other keys (i have one to use at home and another to use at work)

[CLOVIS KKK]

Using SSH with Putty.exe

1. Be certain that USB lan is on.
2. Click on the SSHD icon (you will see the wait icon for a second).
3. Run Putty.exe on your PC.
4. On the Configuration screen select the option "Connection->SSH->Auth" category.
5. You will see the "Options controlling SSH authentication". Under the "Authentication Parameters" section select the private key file generated with puttygen in the field "Private Key file for authentication". This has to be the private key generated together with the public key installed on the phone (they work in pairs).
6. Select the "Session" category.
7. Enter your phone's IP Address.
8. Give the session a name (A1200iROOT for example) and click on save.
9. Now select the saved session and click Open.
10. A terminal window will appear asking "login as: ".
11. Type "root" (without the double quotes) and enter.
12. For the "Passphrase for key ....." question, type the password you used to save the private key with puttygen.
13. that is it. You should see the phone's prompt.

[CLOVIS KKK]

The only difference from Bragon's original post is that he supposed that people already have Telnet working on the phone but this is not true for A1200i user (at least to my knowledge).

The other way is to first install MKEZX, get a shell, "su root" and type the commands manually as taught by Bragon.

[Alpha43]

send me this data via pm.. so i can add things to and edit them.

~Alpha~