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[Jonas Drange <jonas.drange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is awesome. Many thank yous from an inexperienced phablet hacker.


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Robert Park <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hello again everybody ;-)
>
> Today I landed a new version of phablet-tools, containing my new
> phablet-shell utility.
>
> Essentially what it does is sets up ssh for you easily with a number
> of benefits over your typical "adb shell" session:
>
> * Copies your bash config to the device, so if you have configured a
> nice bash prompt or have some bash aliases, you can use them on the
> device without any additional effort. And this appears transparently
> at login, so eg even if you have a freshly bootstrapped device, right
> away on your first login it will have your nice bash config exactly as
> you like it.
>
> * Sets your terminal size correctly so when you try to run programs
> like top or vi, they actually work the way you expect.
>
> * Connects you directly as phablet user, so no more running "su -
> phablet" after "adb shell"
>
> * Copies your ssh key to the device so you can log in without any
> password. (ok, "adb shell" doesn't prompt for a password either, but
> if you just use ssh without this script it prompts for a password)
>
> As always, feedback is welcome! Thanks!
>
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