• connecting android phone to lan

    From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Thu Nov 28 22:54:39 2019
    I an attempting to network the android phone. using WiFi

    The router is a billion BP 7800NXL with a WiFi port

    The computer file manager is Dolphin


    I changed the phone IP to 192.168.1.220 to avoid router DHCP
    I modified the "hosts" file to reflect the phone IP address


    When the phone connects to the router I open the phone's File Manager.
    The phone File Manager menu option is "Connect to Computer"
    and then "Start" > select int/ext storage and then directs me to
    enter "ftp://192.168.1.220:2121" into the computer file manager.

    This always fails the first time because the computer file manager
    removes one of the double forward slashes in the ftp address and then
    says "no host name specified"

    When I correct the ftp address the computer file manager displays the
    phone directory structure and the contents . But they are not accessible.

    If I use the computer file manager to copy a phone file to the computer
    only the meta data is transferred and then a pop up says "Could not read
    file "

    But I can copy a file from computer to the phone

    If I enter the ftp address into the computer browser Firefox, then I can
    read and copy files to the computer

    I can ping the phone

    So I am almost there


    cat /etc/hosts
    # generated by drakhosts
    127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
    192.168.1.100 unimatrix.cryptid.test unimatrix
    192.168.1.200 prnt.cryptid.test prnt
    192.168.1.220 phone.cryptid.test phone
    192.168.1.254 gateway.cryptid.test gateway
    203.123.68.185 wangate.cryptid.test wangate
    203.123.90.241 routerwan.cryptid.test router


    ~]$ ping -c1 phone
    PING phone.cryptid.test (192.168.1.220) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from phone.cryptid.test (192.168.1.220): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64
    time=219 ms

    - --- phone.cryptid.test ping statistics ---
    1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 219.365/219.365/219.365/0.000 ms


    Regards


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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Thu Nov 28 23:35:41 2019
    On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:54:39 +1100, faeychild wrote:
    I an attempting to network the android phone. using WiFi

    The router is a billion BP 7800NXL with a WiFi port

    The computer file manager is Dolphin


    I changed the phone IP to 192.168.1.220 to avoid router DHCP

    If you are not going to use DHCP I would disable it if you are
    going to enable your router wireless device.

    You do need to disable SSID broadcasting and use strongest protocol
    possible with a long key.

    I have not bothered to study your modem manual. On mine, I found a
    section where I can set mine to only allow devices by mac id.

    Also, I have no experience with mobile phones.

    I modified the "hosts" file to reflect the phone IP address


    When the phone connects to the router I open the phone's File Manager.
    The phone File Manager menu option is "Connect to Computer"
    and then "Start" > select int/ext storage and then directs me to
    enter "ftp://192.168.1.220:2121" into the computer file manager.

    This always fails the first time because the computer file manager
    removes one of the double forward slashes in the ftp address and then
    says "no host name specified"

    When I correct the ftp address the computer file manager displays the
    phone directory structure and the contents . But they are not accessible.

    Sounds about right although I have not played with ftp. Just because you
    get ftp access, you may have only read access to the "ftp directory"
    and no other access outside of the "ftp directory"


    If I use the computer file manager to copy a phone file to the computer
    only the meta data is transferred and then a pop up says "Could not read
    file "

    Hmmm, I would have thought you would not even have access to meta data
    let alone file data.


    But I can copy a file from computer to the phone

    Then I can guess the file is in the "ftp directory"


    If I enter the ftp address into the computer browser Firefox, then I can
    read and copy files to the computer

    At this point, I concede I know nothing about why Dolphin fails and
    firefox works on the ftp address.

    If no one gets you some answers, you might want to post over on comp.os.linux.networking

    That assumes you have entered something like
    linux wireless android ftp access
    in the first box at
    https://encrypted.google.com/advanced_search

    I tried it and got About 4,710,000 results (0.90 seconds)

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Fri Nov 29 06:34:55 2019
    On 29/11/19 10:35 am, Bit Twister wrote:

    I changed the phone IP to 192.168.1.220 to avoid router DHCP

    If you are not going to use DHCP I would disable it if you are
    going to enable your router wireless device.

    Yes I suppose with the hosts file properly configured, the DHCP is not
    needed



    You do need to disable SSID broadcasting and use strongest protocol
    possible with a long key.

    I just tried that and the phone could not detect the WiFi signal.

    I have not bothered to study your modem manual. On mine, I found a
    section where I can set mine to only allow devices by mac id.

    Also, I have no experience with mobile phones.

    Me neither. Any serious dive into this and it's a whole new career



    If I use the computer file manager to copy a phone file to the computer
    only the meta data is transferred and then a pop up says "Could not read
    file "

    Hmmm, I would have thought you would not even have access to meta data
    let alone file data.

    Puzzled me too. The copied file remains incomplete, labeled "part" and
    is is not viewable - it's a jpg - but the tool tip shows all the
    photographic information file size resolution, etc.


    But I can copy a file from computer to the phone

    Then I can guess the file is in the "ftp directory"
    If by the "ftp directory" you mean the window in Dolphin displaying the
    phone files, then yes.
    I can drag drop files in but not out, And the ones dragged in do
    actually appear in the phone - successfully transferred




    At this point, I concede I know nothing about why Dolphin fails and
    firefox works on the ftp address.

    It's at this point that I accept that I know absolutely nothing.
    And reading manuals and search pages just causes initialism and acronym burnout. Manuals are written for the initiates. For instance read a
    manual on brain surgery and how much you comprehend
    As you once said, Bits, it's simple when you know how.




    If no one gets you some answers, you might want to post over on comp.os.linux.networking

    That assumes you have entered something like
    linux wireless android ftp access
    in the first box at
    https://encrypted.google.com/advanced_search

    I tried it and got About 4,710,000 results (0.90 seconds)


    If I can read 100 per day, that's only 130 years.
    Maybe the first one is the jackpot :-)
    The volume of information is getting staggeringly out of hand.

    Besides if I can get away with using the browser then that will be
    enough and one day while looking for something else I may stumble across
    the answer.
    It has happened before

    Hey!! the USB cable still works. I just though the WiFi would be more
    elegant

    regards

    I had to look - you know.

    And the answer is like the recipe for rabbit stew - only in this case,
    first install an ftp server on the android.

    If not!! then you can't get there from here.

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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Fri Nov 29 08:50:22 2019
    On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 17:34:55 +1100, faeychild wrote:
    On 29/11/19 10:35 am, Bit Twister wrote:

    I changed the phone IP to 192.168.1.220 to avoid router DHCP

    If you are not going to use DHCP I would disable it if you are
    going to enable your router wireless device.

    Yes I suppose with the hosts file properly configured, the DHCP is not
    needed

    Only for guest devices.





    You do need to disable SSID broadcasting and use strongest protocol
    possible with a long key.

    I just tried that and the phone could not detect the WiFi signal.

    Yeah, when in that mode, device/phone needs to know all the details.



    Then I can guess the file is in the "ftp directory"
    If by the "ftp directory" you mean the window in Dolphin displaying the
    phone files, then yes.

    The "ftp directory" is like a web server directory. It is where you
    have configure the server for file storage/permissions for world read/write access.



    Hey!! the USB cable still works. I just though the WiFi would be more
    elegant

    Yeah, and much easier access for the neighbor criminal. My wireless
    cameras have been cracked, and malware installed allowing the criminal
    to connect to them and has been scanning ports, trying to get into the
    desktop systems.


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Fri Nov 29 21:33:29 2019
    On 29/11/19 7:50 pm, Bit Twister wrote:

    Then I can guess the file is in the "ftp directory"
    If by the "ftp directory" you mean the window in Dolphin displaying the
    phone files, then yes.

    The "ftp directory" is like a web server directory. It is where you
    have configure the server for file storage/permissions for world read/write access.

    In that case I don't have one





    Hey!! the USB cable still works. I just though the WiFi would be more
    elegant

    Yeah, and much easier access for the neighbor criminal. My wireless
    cameras have been cracked, and malware installed allowing the criminal
    to connect to them and has been scanning ports, trying to get into the desktop systems.



    Woah really. He got past all your passwords and stuff. That's impressive!!

    Are you going to build a honeypot?

    I am curious about wifi cracking. My password is 16 characters long. something like "+e<>ZJ&yNS25$EG6"
    I assumed that that was difficult to crack, maybe not?

    regards

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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Fri Nov 29 22:38:09 2019
    On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 08:33:29 +1100, faeychild wrote:

    Woah really. He got past all your passwords and stuff. That's impressive!!

    Are you going to build a honeypot?

    Only if I had a spare computer.

    You might want to read
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 05:57:31 2019
    On 30/11/19 9:38 am, Bit Twister wrote:
    On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 08:33:29 +1100, faeychild wrote:

    Woah really. He got past all your passwords and stuff. That's
    impressive!!

    Are you going to build a honeypot?

    Only if I had a spare computer.

    You might want to read
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

    It would appear that nothing is really safe.
    fortunately I have no real intention of using wifi with any seriousness.

    As an aside - do you remember all the networking episode and the
    169.x.x.x address in the routing table caused by zeroconf.

    The address is back and my "/etc/sysconfig/network" file was down to
    only three entries again
    HOSTNAME
    NETWORKING
    CRDA_DOMAIN

    Tuesdays backup (mageia_bu) of the file is the same.

    I wonder if a recent update does this?
    No one else has this event though. Curious!

    I understand why you have scripts monitoring everything.
    I have since corrected the "network" file


    regards



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    egards

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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 09:56:15 2019
    On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:57:31 +1100, faeychild wrote:


    As an aside - do you remember all the networking episode and the
    169.x.x.x address in the routing table caused by zeroconf.

    Yes.

    The address is back and my "/etc/sysconfig/network" file was down to
    only three entries again
    HOSTNAME
    NETWORKING
    CRDA_DOMAIN

    Tuesdays backup (mageia_bu) of the file is the same.

    I wonder if a recent update does this?

    Not on my system.

    No one else has this event though. Curious!

    Maybe you dinking around with wireless helped you into the ditch.

    I understand why you have scripts monitoring everything.
    I have since corrected the "network" file


    Yep, easy enough for you to have a sys_audit script to run daily for
    a check. Easy test, you need to change line count to match yours.

    _count=$(wc -l < /etc/sysconfig/network)
    if [ $_count -ne 5 ] ; then
    echo "$_app /etc/sysconfig/network line count not equal 5" >> $_rpt_fn
    mail -s $_app failures root < $_rpt_fn
    fi

    Or you can use grep to see if NOZEROCONF disappeared.

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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 11:09:17 2019
    On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:56:15 -0600, Bit Twister wrote:
    On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:57:31 +1100, faeychild wrote:


    As an aside - do you remember all the networking episode and the
    169.x.x.x address in the routing table caused by zeroconf.

    Yes.

    The address is back and my "/etc/sysconfig/network" file was down to
    only three entries again
    HOSTNAME
    NETWORKING
    CRDA_DOMAIN

    Tuesdays backup (mageia_bu) of the file is the same.

    I wonder if a recent update does this?

    Not on my system.

    No one else has this event though. Curious!

    Maybe you dinking around with wireless helped you into the ditch.

    I understand why you have scripts monitoring everything.
    I have since corrected the "network" file


    Yep, easy enough for you to have a sys_audit script to run daily for
    a check. Easy test, you need to change line count to match yours.

    _count=$(wc -l < /etc/sysconfig/network)
    if [ $_count -ne 5 ] ; then
    echo "$_app /etc/sysconfig/network line count not equal 5" >> $_rpt_fn
    mail -s $_app failures root < $_rpt_fn
    fi

    Oops, the mail command should have subject quoted.
    mail -s "$_app failures" root < $_rpt_fn

    Or you can use grep to see if NOZEROCONF disappeared.

    Best test would be to have a reference file so you can use diff to
    warn you about any change to the file.

    Of course all the above is useless if you are not set up to get root
    email messages.

    If postfix is installed/running and you have changed /etc/postfix/aliases

    # tail -11 aliases


    and executed
    postalias aliases

    Which means you also would need to launch thunderbird to see any local
    email has been sent to faeychild.

    I have a script launched by my DE autostart directory to kick off/up
    apps onto different desktops/workspaces when I login.
    $ env | grep _desktop= | sort -V -t '=' --key=2
    _login_desktop=1
    _binaries_desktop=2
    _usenet_desktop=3
    _browsing_desktop=4
    _root_desktop=5
    _users_desktop=6
    _bank_desktop=7
    _mail_desktop=8

    Desktop login gets an xterm scrolling the journal,
    usenet will have slrn running to read Usenet
    and desktop mail has thunderbird to see any local email from root cron jobs.

    Desktop shortcuts, jump to desired desktop and launch app if not already running.

    If you have more than one test in sys_audit, you can have just one test
    at end of script to mail you any report failures.

    if [ -e $_rpt_fn ] ; then
    mail -s "$_app failures" root < $_rpt_fn
    fi

    That assumes start of script does a
    rm --force $_rpt_fn

    Some possible test to consider, from mine
    check number of kernel rpms installed
    check for atime in the future
    check for rpmnew files
    check for no longer supported rpms
    check LAN nic line count
    check for rpmsave files
    checks for dangling links
    check for jexec not disabled
    check for /etc/hosts mcc screwup
    check passwd and group files
    check for any updates and failed installs
    check for new php file
    check for /etc/sysconfig/network mcc screwup
    check rkhunter log for difference
    check files owned by normal instead of root
    check for segfault in journal
    check postfix errors/warnings log
    system services check
    check /etc/at.allow file against /etc/passwd
    unread mail in users mailbox check
    check for modifed config files
    check /accounts /home permissions
    check /etc/cron.d for any files
    check for in use ipv6 ports
    check /etc/resolv.conf
    check systemctl service status

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  • From Doug Laidlaw@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 17:49:13 2019
    On 29/11/19 10:35 am, Bit Twister wrote:
    At this point, I concede I know nothing about why Dolphin fails and
    firefox works on the ftp address.

    I have an Android phone and an Android tablet. My Wifi router can see
    both without modification. I haven't given them specific addresses; the
    next number in the 192.168 set is allocated automatically. Firefox in
    Linux can read the Firefox history from the tablet, and display the
    history in the sidebar in Linux.

    I did read somewhere that a while back, changes were made to the Android
    OS which made file transfer much more difficult, and killed the playing
    of media files in other OSs, but I can set up file transfers over
    wireless, using an Android app or an advanced file manager, and read the directory structure and move files across the network using FileZilla at
    the Linnux end. Both Android apps give me an address and port number to
    enter into FileZilla. The port numbers are not the same in both: one is
    2221.

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 21:34:05 2019
    On 30/11/19 8:56 pm, Bit Twister wrote:


    Maybe you dinking around with wireless helped you into the ditch.




    Ahh! And maybe previous dinking around. eg: the printer drama
    All of a cascade effect
    I am a bit slow this week



    I understand why you have scripts monitoring everything.
    I have since corrected the "network" file


    Yep, easy enough for you to have a sys_audit script to run daily for
    a check. Easy test, you need to change line count to match yours.


    <snip>

    regards


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 21:38:37 2019
    On 30/11/19 10:09 pm, Bit Twister wrote:
    On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:56:15 -0600, Bit Twister wrote:
    On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:57:31 +1100, faeychild wrote:


    As an aside - do you remember all the networking episode and the
    169.x.x.x address in the routing table caused by zeroconf.

    Yes.

    The address is back and my "/etc/sysconfig/network" file was down to
    only three entries again
    HOSTNAME
    NETWORKING
    CRDA_DOMAIN

    Tuesdays backup (mageia_bu) of the file is the same.

    I wonder if a recent update does this?

    Not on my system.

    No one else has this event though. Curious!

    Maybe you dinking around with wireless helped you into the ditch.

    I understand why you have scripts monitoring everything.
    I have since corrected the "network" file


    Yep, easy enough for you to have a sys_audit script to run daily for
    a check. Easy test, you need to change line count to match yours.

    _count=$(wc -l < /etc/sysconfig/network)
    if [ $_count -ne 5 ] ; then
    echo "$_app /etc/sysconfig/network line count not equal 5" >> $_rpt_fn
    mail -s $_app failures root < $_rpt_fn
    fi

    Oops, the mail command should have subject quoted.
    mail -s "$_app failures" root < $_rpt_fn

    Or you can use grep to see if NOZEROCONF disappeared.

    Best test would be to have a reference file so you can use diff to
    warn you about any change to the file.


    <snipped again>

    One fine day I must start to organise your scripts

    Perhaps even your "man-page" "doc" database. "ux" I think.


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 21:44:51 2019
    On 1/12/19 4:49 am, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
    On 29/11/19 10:35 am, Bit Twister wrote:
    At this point, I concede I know nothing about why Dolphin fails and
    firefox works on the ftp address.

    I have an Android phone and an Android tablet.  My Wifi router can see
    both without modification.  I haven't given them specific addresses; the next number in the 192.168 set is allocated automatically. Firefox in
    Linux can read the Firefox history from the tablet, and display the
    history in the sidebar in Linux.

    I did read somewhere that a while back, changes were made to the Android
    OS which made file transfer much more difficult,

    Now requires an "ftp" client / server

    For the infrequent time I need to transfer files, the usb connection is
    fine. Leaving a wireless port open on a router is not acceptable.

    regards


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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Sat Nov 30 22:37:48 2019
    On 2019-11-30, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 1/12/19 4:49 am, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
    On 29/11/19 10:35 am, Bit Twister wrote:
    At this point, I concede I know nothing about why Dolphin fails and
    firefox works on the ftp address.

    I have an Android phone and an Android tablet.  My Wifi router can see
    both without modification.  I haven't given them specific addresses; the >> next number in the 192.168 set is allocated automatically. Firefox in
    Linux can read the Firefox history from the tablet, and display the
    history in the sidebar in Linux.

    I did read somewhere that a while back, changes were made to the Android
    OS which made file transfer much more difficult,

    Now requires an "ftp" client / server

    For the infrequent time I need to transfer files, the usb connection is fine. Leaving a wireless port open on a router is not acceptable.

    Yes, they now use and mtp filesystem to present to the Linux OS, which
    does not seem to actually be monted anywhere, so you cannot access it
    via the usual Linux filesystem commands. However, the program android-file-transfer seems to work quite well. (Plug in your phone via
    usb to your computer, run android-file-transfer, and transfer the files
    hither and yon.


    regards



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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sun Dec 1 05:15:03 2019
    On 1/12/19 9:37 am, William Unruh wrote:


    Yes, they now use and mtp filesystem to present to the Linux OS, which
    does not seem to actually be monted anywhere, so you cannot access it
    via the usual Linux filesystem commands. However, the program


    Yes I had noticed that the phone on USB, unlike an actual USB stick, had
    no unmount option in the file manger right click menu.

    A bit of magic

    regards

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  • From Doug Laidlaw@2:250/1 to All on Sun Dec 1 19:02:18 2019
    On 1/12/19 4:15 pm, faeychild wrote:
    On 1/12/19 9:37 am, William Unruh wrote:


    Yes, they now use and mtp filesystem to present to the Linux OS, which
    does not seem to actually be monted anywhere, so you cannot access it
    via the usual Linux filesystem commands. However, the program


    Yes I had noticed that the phone on USB, unlike an actual USB stick, had
    no unmount option in the file manger right click menu.

    A bit of magic

    regards

    So, why is all this happening? It sounds as though the problem is the
    changes to the Android OS. The mtp filesystem was the one to transfer
    media files; it stands for "media transfer protocol." It wasn't
    intended to transfer other files.

    As from Ice Cream Sandwich, mtp has replaced UMS (USB Mass Storage) as
    the default protocol. If it is a protocol, is it correct to call mtp a filesystem? Is it more like PTP for transferring photos? You don't
    mount the f/s; you mount the drive or USB stick. There is a lengthy description at:

    https://www.androidcentral.com/ics-feature-mtp-what-it-why-use-it-and-how-set-i

    Doug.

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sun Dec 1 23:13:51 2019
    On 2/12/19 6:02 am, Doug Laidlaw wrote:



    https://www.androidcentral.com/ics-feature-mtp-what-it-why-use-it-and-how-set-i



    That is interesting, Doug, And something to play with and break stuff

    The repository has a file system and driver for mtpfs

    So, on a quiet afternoon, it may be interesting to set it up.

    I don't want to leave wifi running. As BitTwister said, his wireless
    cameras have been hacked and I guess his security would be much better
    than mine

    As an aside: with the NBN seeming to rely on a cheap wifi router after
    the "connection" box we will have suburbs filled with juicy poorly
    secured wifi sources. Connected to Win machines. A hacker paradise.

    regards

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  • From grimble@2:250/1 to All on Fri Dec 6 13:59:12 2019
    On 30/11/2019 17:49, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
    On 29/11/19 10:35 am, Bit Twister wrote:
    At this point, I concede I know nothing about why Dolphin fails and
    firefox works on the ftp address.

    I have an Android phone and an Android tablet.  My Wifi router can see
    both without modification.  I haven't given them specific addresses; the next number in the 192.168 set is allocated automatically. Firefox in
    Linux can read the Firefox history from the tablet, and display the
    history in the sidebar in Linux.

    I did read somewhere that a while back, changes were made to the Android
    OS which made file transfer much more difficult, and killed the playing
    of media files in other OSs, but I can set up file transfers over
    wireless, using an Android app or an advanced file manager, and read the directory structure and move files across the network using FileZilla at
    the Linnux end.  Both Android apps give me an address and port number to enter into FileZilla.  The port numbers are not the same in both: one is 2221.
    I have an Android phone with ES File Explorer. If I select Network/View
    on PC, Filezilla sees both file structures and I can transfer files back
    and forth.
    G

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