7.2. Running SSH

You can now forget minicom and the serial line, as you can take control of the iPAQ using the SSHD daemon running on it. The only remaining usage for minicom would be to get a serial bootloader console. To access the iPAQ from your GNU/Linux host, issue:

bash# ssh 192.168.1.101

or

bash# ssh ipaq

if you still have the name definition set up in Section 1.1.2. The first time you use it, ssh will ask you if you want to save the new key: answer yes, then provide the default "rootme" password.

When you want to transfer files, you can issue an scp command from the iPAQ to the GNU/Linux host (or the other way around). One useful file to download will be the /etc/localtime from your GNU/Linux host:

# scp 192.168.1.100:/etc/localtime /etc/localtime

This should update the iPAQ's time to the correct timezone for you.