File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD

[antranigv]

wondering,

is there an NFS or Samba/SMB client for iOS? what if you just transfer
it using the network?

antranigv
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On 02/16/2018 13:47, Polytropon wrote:
> Did anyone succeed in transfering files _from_ an iPad _to_
> a FreeBSD machine using the USB cable? The setting where this
> should work consists of a FreeBSD 10.3-p24 (32 bit) and an
> iPad 32 GB with iOS 11.0.3 15A432.
> 
> Attaching the iPad shows ipheth0 and ue0 devices.
> 
> I have installed the imobiledevice and fusefs-ifuse packages
> via pkg.
> 
> With the command
> 
> 	# idevice pair
> 
> execute twice (with confirming the trust dialog on the iPad)
> I got the system to print the iPad's device ID. But any of
> the other idevice* commands just leads to an error:
> 
> 	# ideviceinfo
> 	ERROR: Could not connect to lockdownd, error code -3
> 
> Mounting attempts fail as well:
> 
> 	# ifuse -d -u <ID> /mnt
> 	Failed to connect to lockdownd service on the device.
> 	Try again. If it still fails try rebooting your device.
> 
> I did as instructed (repeated command, rebooted iPad), but no
> success.
> 
> It does not matter if /var/lib/lockdown is mode 777 or what
> it initially was. It also does not matter if the commands are
> being executed as root or as a normal user.
> 
> 
> 
> I have also tried gtkpod, but it doesn't detect anything at
> all. Manually configuring the iPad doesn't help, it does not
> connect, and the error message ("unsupported checksum type")
> doesn't help.
> 
> 
> 
> I also fully understand that Apple doesn't want me to be able
> to easily transfer files from (or to) the iPad except with
> their tools, but I don't care what Apple wants. That's why
> the "recommended solutions" don't work for me because:
> 
> 1. I won't buy a Mac.
> 
> 2. I won't buy a new PC plus a license of "Windows".
> 
> 3. I won't give out any personal identification information
>    to Apple or MICROS~1 in order to "register".
> 
> 4. I won't register at a "cloud" storage provider.
> 
> So please no suggestions to "just" use iTunes.
> 
> Honestly, what's the problem of not presenting the device as
> a USB mass storage device? Even Android devices can do this
> (with specific limitations)! Shouldn't the iPad be easier to
> use, more advanced, more professionsl? ;-)
> 
>