Android 5.0

On-the-Road configuration using free apps on Android

Contents

• Connect via SSH
• Connect via FTP
• Connect to Samba share

Connect via SSH

JuiceSSH is a really easily configurable and usable SSH client with tmux. Although it has some rendering bugs regarding to Unicode characters, as we can see below, it's still amazing.

The following settings under Settings are suggested for the session:

• set "Theme / Colours" to Solarized Dark
• set "Font size" to 9
• set "Horizontal Swipe" to Screen next/prev window (since our tmux config has rebinded keys)
• enable "UTF-8" support
• set "Emulator Type" to xterm-256color

Set up new connections under Connections:

• create new identity under Identities tab (it has to be transported to the Ubuntu machine)
• create new connection under Connections tab for external use
  • set "Nickname", "Address", "Port"
  • select the previously generated identity for "Identity"
• duplicate the previously created connection under Connections tab for internal use
  • modify "Nickname", "Address", "Port"

Connect via FTP

FTP Express (homepage) is the only FTP client (that I've tried) that actually can authenticate over TLS (many FTP client apps state that they can :) ).

Set up new connection under Sites tab using + sign:

• set "Name", "Host", "Port"
• select FTPS explicit for "Protocol"
• set "User", "Password"
• set "Remote" to /Torrents/.rtorrent/.queue (to be able to easily transfer files into one of the category directories of queue directory)
• x "Passive Mode"
• select UTF-8 for "Character Encoding"

You can duplicate the previously created connection if you like for internal use:

• modify "Name", "Host", "Port"

Connect to Samba share

X-plore File Manager can be used for accessing Samba shares within our local network as well. Once it accessed to a share then a selected file can be Open with by any application (it has a role as a middle layer).

Add a new server under LAN at the left side of the app:

• set a "Label" (display name)
• set "Server" to "ip", e.g. 192.168.1.8
• set "Path" to "sharename", e.g. wd3
• set "Username", "Password"
• enable SMB v2

That's it, it should work. If not and you are sure that it should (e.g. there's no firewall blocking, etc.) then ping the IP of the Ubuntu machine from a terminal app (I'm not kidding :) ) and try to connect to it again.