Comments on: Enable SSH & AFP on your Apple TV

By: K Michael

K Michael — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:27:38 +0000

Thanks to everyone for sharing all the good information on here.

I was able to upgrade my original Apple TV 40GB to a new 250GB drive over the past 24 hours. In addition I was able to use the Patchstick to add Boxee and XBMC along with gaining access to my ATV via AFP with the help of afpinstall.sh script.

Here’s my question. Prior to running the afpinstall.sh I was able to run XBMC and Boxee without any issues. Now when I launch XBMC, it starts in a window, not full screen. I tried setting the display option to Fullscreen but that just blanks the screen.

Boxee has a similar issue. The application is running but you can see the User Interface (UI).

I’m making an assumption that the afpinstall.sh script possibly changed some display setting which has caused this to happen.

Has anyone else run into this problem? If so, what’s the resolution.

Thanks!

K Michael

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:19:02 +0000

Hi,

I took apart my Apple TV last night and followed all of the instructions to enable SSH and when I tried to SSH into it using Terminal. I get a SSH exchange notifiction rejection error.

I am running 2.3 of the Apple TV software.

Do I need to open up a port in my Linksys Router?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick

By: Rudy

Rudy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:17:25 +0000

After doing the SSH upgrade and trying to get into ATV, I get the following error

SSH v2
ssh -v frontrow@10.20.0.13
OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to 10.20.0.13 [10.20.0.13] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 10.20.0.13 port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host 10.20.0.13 port 22: Connection refused

SSH v1
ssh -1v frontrow@10.20.0.13
OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to 10.20.0.13 [10.20.0.13] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 10.20.0.13 port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host 10.20.0.13 port 22: Connection refused

i also did the “chmod +x /Volumes/OSBoot/usr/sbin/sshd” and copy the
ssh.plist from my MacBook 10.5.5. Need Help I been at it with no success

By: roulette online

roulette online — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:52:34 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:33:44 +0000

From awkwardtv wiki:

“As discussed in the forum, these instructions don’t quite get the full way for enabling SSH on a “Take 2″ AppleTV.

Simply following them and trying to SSH to the AppleTV will result in an error message:

ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

In addition to copying over /usr/sbin/sshd and /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist per the above, the forum recommends (and I can attest to this working) also copying the following files:

* /usr/bin/ssh
* /usr/bin/ssh-add
* /usr/bin/ssh-agent
* /usr/bin/ssh-keygen
* /usr/bin/ssh-keyscan
* /usr/bin/scp
* /usr/libexec/sftp-server
* /usr/libexec/ssh-keysign
* /usr/libexec/sshd-keygen-wrapper

You only need to copy over /usr/libexec/sftp-server, /usr/libexec/sshd-keygen-wrapper, and the kerberos framework. The other files would be needed if you wanted to ssh out of the appletv to other devices, but not to ssh into it.

* Note: /usr/bin/ssh-keygen is also required since this one generates the host keys first time you SSH to your AppleTV! (hence it takes a while that 1st time). ”

http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Install_SSH#Notes_for_Take_2

By: sunil

sunil — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:02:13 +0000

debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/motorwerks/.ssh/identity
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/motorwerks/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/motorwerks/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
password:

I enter frontrow but does not work

By: sunil

sunil — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:01:34 +0000

OpenSSH_4.7p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.16 [192.168.1.16] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/motorwerks/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/motorwerks/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/motorwerks/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_3.8.1p1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 pat OpenSSH_3.*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.7
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024

By: sunil

sunil — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:30:54 +0000

After doing the SSH upgrade and trying to get into ATV, I get the following error

debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to appletv.local [192.168.1.16] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.16 port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host appletv.local port 22: Connection refused

Any ideas?

By: Stephen Bolter

Stephen Bolter — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:37:23 +0000

I am looking for software or someone to help me write software to replay video out of an apple TV or a mac mini, the software needs to be sheduled and made to play by serial control…

Anyone interested ?? Stephen

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:41:16 +0000

I applied both the ssh and usb patches from iClarified and now everytime I plug a usb stick into the usb port to play some movies from it the AppleTV is rebooting and rebbooting again – until I remove the usb stick. Any ideas? I have ssh access and everythings seems fine (version 2.0.2) except for accessing usb drives…