Comments on: Applications running on the Apple TV

By: DVL

DVL — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:38:24 +0000

Regarding the problem with â€œssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host,â€ — I have the same problem and tried with different methods:

1. I used the guide on Engadged (and ssh.plist) and got the error.
2. I used SSHD from patchstick.dmg and (ssh.plist) got the same error.

I even tried to modify the permissions on sshd with success but still the same error in the end.

The weird thing is ownership of the files copied on ATV harddrive. On my machine says “_unknown”, the owner and the group. I tried to change that with chown but no success.

If you guys have any ideas how can I solve this problem, feel free to write a comment or send an email.

I’m running version 2.0 on my ATV (not “Take 2”!)

Regards,
DVL

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:19:19 +0000

For all of you using the Engadget instructions and getting the “ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host,” the following gave me that error…

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Make sure sshd is executable
sudo chmod +x /Volumes/OSBoot/usr/sbin/
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should be

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Make sure sshd is executable
sudo chmod +x /Volumes/OSBoot/usr/sbin/sshd
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They left off sshd — If you were following instructions without thinking (and copy & pasting like I did) that would be the problem.

By: Paul Rodriguez

Paul Rodriguez — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:42:36 +0000

could you please elaborate on what you did to fix your issues? i’ve been trying, literally, for days and can’t figure it out. i’m getting the same ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host message.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:00:39 +0000

Interesting that the OSBoot volume is apparently mounted as a read-only file system. I can’t copy any files to anywhere in the / path while the Apple TV is running. Copying to /Users/frontrow works because it is mounted separately as /mnt/Scratch/Users/. Unless I’m missing something, it won’t be as easy as I had hoped to modify the running Apple TV. :-/

By: peragrin

peragrin — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:54:28 +0000

finder completely replaced eh? hmmm sounds like apple is working on getting rid of the one real hold over app. I wonder what other kinds of interfaces they have up their sleeves now.

By: devros

devros — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:14:20 +0000

What fies did you end up copying over to get ssh to work? I’m getting the same errors.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:51:22 +0000

Jonathan, good job with the sshd.

As for Apple Remote Desktop; interesting, keep working on it! 🙂

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:35:50 +0000

Ooops. I’m dumb.

I was copying the wrong things for sshd.

Works great when you have the right files. 😐

I attempted to use the ARD 3.1 client installer and Pacifist on the OSBoot volume. It appears to have installed and a kickstart command does not fail. However, whenever I try kickstart, a crashdump is written for FrontRow.app.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:20:46 +0000

Odd. The SSH hack did not work for me. I get “ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host” when attempting to connect to the Apple TV.