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2011-10-09, 12:47
Can someone please help me use putty. Here is what I have done so far:
* Ran PuTTY as administrator
* Typed my ATV2's ip address into Host Name
* Clicked "open"
I get an error message which reads "Network Error: Connection Refused"
I have searched the forums and the web in general but there doesn't seem to be any clear instructions for this. I've sen combinations of $ ssh ip password alpine but nothing seems to work for me.
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Did you choose ssh as connection type in putty? And is the ssh-Daemon properly running on your ATV2? Which OS is running on your ATV2?
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Also, you don't need to run putty as Administrator. Just a normal user is fine.
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The ssh-daemon is your ssh-service, to which you want to connect with putty. Afaik (I don't have an atv2, so perhaps someone with more knowledge about that device should confirm this) you'll need either a jailbroken ATV2 with a running ssh-daemon or you can copy the sshd-file from another mac by connecting the ATV's HDD to that Mac and editing the corresponding config-Files on that drive. If you want to install xbmc on the ATV after all, the first way is probably the better one, as you have to go it anyway for the installation.
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Is there any way to check if my device is actually jailbroken? I used greenpois0n and the whole process seemed to go smoothly including a confirmation message at the end saying jailbreak was successful, but there seems to be no difference as far as I can tell, like in the menu.
I'm still none the wiser about this ssh-daemon though.
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Glad to hear it worked out. Ran into the Tiny Umbrella issue today on my brother's ATV2. Couldn't believe it but the fact that TU was configured to "Set Hosts to Cydia..." was preventing him from putting the ATV2 into DFU mode.
Once I changed the setting he was able to put it into DFU no problem.