Your SSH server on the iPhone is already set up. Now you want to make sure you get all the files from you iPhone backed up? You plan to change a few files on you iPhone and want to make sure you can revert to the original files?

iTunes will not backup all neccessary files. And even if it did backup your specific file, it is not that easy to get the specic file out of an iTunes backup. (I will give you a post how to extract files from iTunes backup files tomorrow.)

So my advice is to copy all files from your iPhone to your computer. Its quite simple!

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written by TwiPhone \\ tags: backup, iPhone, rsync, SSH

You just tried to login into your iPhone and your terminal gave you a massive warning?

Something like:

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@ WARNING: POSSIBLE DNS SPOOFING DETECTED! @
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written by TwiPhone \\ tags: DNS, iPhone, spoof, SSH

Annoyed to search for your iPhone IP-address every time it connects to one of your (DHCP) WiFi networks? Today you find it at 10.0.1.3, tomorrow at 10.0.1.4 because your aunt maggie just happened to reserve one of your usual IP numbers while surfing on your WiFi internet connection?

I just found out a small little extra that I was never aware of: You can use the name you gave your iPhone on iTunes to login into your phone. Just add a .local to the name.

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written by TwiPhone \\ tags: Bonjour, IP-address, iPhone, SSH

So you managed to install the SSH server on your iPhone. But now, every time you want to connect from your Mac to your iPhone via SSH you have to enter your password? You set up a backup procedure via rsync (will be the next post) and now it does stop every time at the password prompt? No problem. SSH does know different kinds of authentication. One is password, another one is the use of keys. Thes keys are stored as key-files on your computer and on your phone. If they exist and they match no password is required to login. And as long as your computer is safe, the iPhone will be as well. So make sure your key-files on the computer are safe. I use FileVault on my MacBook Pro.

7 easy steps to create your automatic login:

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written by TwiPhone