On Tue, 28 Apr 2026, Didier Kryn via Dng wrote:

> > > I've got the android app termux installed on my phone, you get a linux
> > > command line. You can install sshd and then you can sftp/scp to your
> > > heart's content (or at least as much as android allows :-)
> > >
> > > With sshd running on the phone, you can use sshfs from another linux
> > > machine to mount the accessible parts of the android filesystem.
> > > The use of rsync for backups is also a possiblility.
> > >
> > >
> >
>     I just installed it from F-DROID. Then read the documentation at
> https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/FAQ , and  found that
>
>     - termux storage is private for filesystem reasons: Android emulates FAT
> on top of any fs. OK, no problem.
>
>     - you need a symlink to access Android proper storage, eg for DCIM, and
> obtain access right, which is normal Android security.
>
>     - you cannot access external storage; I understand it as the SD card where
> all my photos and videos are stored: too bad.

Ah! haven't got an SDcard so just using the internal storage. But as I move
pictures etc off the phone and put back what I need, the internal storage
is just fine - 256G. I just love the fact that everything - backup, data
downloads (I do surveying with the phone and an external GPS) - are just
automatic with a few scripts.

>     Well, it remains interesting. I understand it would be more powerfull if
> the phone was rooted, which I don't feel ready to do atm. Looking more at
> F-DROID, I can see SshDaemon, which looks promising. Does anyone have
> experience with it?
>
>     I'm looking at that mostly out of curiosity because I'm rather happy with
> my own application which works with any web browser in any OS -- with
> limitations on everything Apple as one might expect.
>
> --     Didier
>
>
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