Is there a way to turn off SSH using SSH?

Or is the only option at the moment to un-tick the SSH option when building firmware.

Jack.

You can connect to your iPhone through ssh and terminate the ssh daemon. Find the pid with

ps -A

and than

kill pid term

Unfortunately this doesnt work as it just automatically restarts...

If you don't need it, deselect upon building your custom ipsw Other than that tried to kill -9 it? If that not works, edit config and reboot?

Originally Posted by sam

If you don't need it, deselect upon building your custom ipsw Other than that tried to kill -9 it? If that not works, edit config and reboot?

That's just it though; I do need it on occasion, but not all the time. I suppose I could remove the launchdaemon, but once you do that there's no easy way to get it back on (Though I guess a USB solution like iFunstastic would work). I'd write an app that turns it on/off, but I'm not sure how to since it keeps relaunching... (Even after a kill -9)

To kill the SSH Daemon in 5A240D use the following command:
kill `cat /private/var/run/sshd.pid`

To start the SSH Daemon use the following command:
/usr/local/sbin/sshd

To disable the SSH Daemon on Reboot use the following command:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.devteam.openssh.sshd.plist

To enable the SSH Daemon on Reboot use the following command:
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.devteam.openssh.sshd.plist

There are better ways of configuring the SSH Launch Daemon plist to allow unloading and loading the daemon process directly, but I will not go into that since it does not apply to the default configuration of firmware 5A240D by the dev team.

Originally Posted by freshster

To kill the SSH Daemon in 5A240D use the following command:
kill `cat /private/var/run/sshd.pid`

To start the SSH Daemon use the following command:
/usr/local/sbin/sshd

To disable the SSH Daemon on Reboot use the following command:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.devteam.openssh.sshd.plist

To enable the SSH Daemon on Reboot use the following command:
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.devteam.openssh.sshd.plist

There are better ways of configuring the SSH Launch Daemon plist to allow unloading and loading the daemon process directly, but I will not go into that since it does not apply to the default configuration of firmware 5A240D by the dev team.

Still no dice... kill `cat /private/var/run/sshd.pid`doesn't work...

I don't have a /private/var/run/sshd.pid, but even if I did this would be the same as just running kill on sshd's pid, which restarts it. ps indicates sshd was run with a -R flag, maybe that has something to do with it?

Originally Posted by appleguru

Still no dice... kill `cat /private/var/run/sshd.pid`doesn't work...

I don't have a /private/var/run/sshd.pid, but even if I did this would be the same as just running kill on sshd's pid, which restarts it. ps indicates sshd was run with a -R flag, maybe that has something to do with it?

All of the processes running with the -R flag are the client connections. The only process that needs to be killed to stop the daemon is the one without the -R flag. It should be listed as /usr/local/sbin/sshd

You will not have a /private/var/run/sshd.pid if the /usr/local/sbin/sshd process is killed already.

worked for me

...until i restarted it

EDIT:

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.devteam.openssh.sshd.plist

worked even after restart no SSH

N41

Originally Posted by Number_41

worked for me

...until i restarted it

EDIT:

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.devteam.openssh.sshd.plist

worked even after restart no SSH

N41

How do you turn it back on though?