From 2a4c70ee88eb34347a7084f2e110d19c1f273c1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ngo Quoc Dat Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:10:57 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs(ios): sign in to keyboard-interactive SSH servers with a password --- ios/index.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ios/index.mdx b/ios/index.mdx index 60f780a..d244d49 100644 --- a/ios/index.mdx +++ b/ios/index.mdx @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Turn on Face ID, Touch ID, or Optic ID under **Settings > Security**. A cold lau Each connection carries its own [safe mode](/features/safe-mode) level, synced from the Mac. Set it with **Safe Mode** under **Organization** in the connection's form. iOS has three: **Off**, **Confirm Writes**, and **Read-Only**, which refuses writes outright. **Default Safe Mode** under **Settings > New Connections** sets the level a new connection starts at. -SSH tunnels authenticate with a password or a private key, and an unknown host key prompts with its fingerprint first, on the connection's own screen. The question waits there until you answer it, and leaving the screen ends that attempt. A key pasted under **Paste Key**, or picked as a text file, is kept in the Keychain beside the connection's passwords, never in the saved connection list. A key file that is not text is copied into the app and read from there. Setting **Auth Method** to **Password**, choosing **Import File**, or turning **SSH Tunnel** off deletes the saved key when you tap **Save**. +SSH tunnels authenticate with a password or a private key. A password also answers a server that asks for it through keyboard-interactive. An SSH agent, a private key on a security key, and a second sign-in step such as a one-time code do not work here, and the **SSH Sign-In Unavailable** alert names the one that stopped the connection. An unknown host key prompts with its fingerprint first, on the connection's own screen. The question waits there until you answer it, and leaving the screen ends that attempt. A key pasted under **Paste Key**, or picked as a text file, is kept in the Keychain beside the connection's passwords, never in the saved connection list. A key file that is not text is copied into the app and read from there. Setting **Auth Method** to **Password**, choosing **Import File**, or turning **SSH Tunnel** off deletes the saved key when you tap **Save**. ## Privacy