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SFTP plugin for Windows Users?

I've had the hardest time getting my Windows users (technically proficient users who grew up with VAX.VMS systems) to abandon FTP and TELNET for SSH and SFTP/SCP. It's getting to the point where I'm getting seriously angry at them for being "stupid". With that little bit of complaint aside after speaking with one of my colleagues I was told that the reason for the rejection of SSH and SFTP is that they are not intuitive, much harder to configure, and FTP/TELNET "ain't broke". Short of some kind of security disaster, I don't think anyone is going to care about the security aspect of it. So, my thought turned to the "usability" aspect of these protocols. PuTTY (which is the only real free SSH client I'm aware of for Windows) has a very confusing interface for most Windows users. If it had a "wizard" interface for creating new connections and did away with the tree view in the left pane, it would probably be a little more "friendly". But, I'm no developer so right now the only real question I'm asking is whether or not there is another free SSH client for Windows with a better interface. WinSCP2 also has a pretty difficult interface for the average user. My thoughts are that if there was an SFTP/SCP plugin for Windows Explorer that made connecting to a remote system like "mapping a drive", people might find it more intiuitive. Once again though, I'm not a developer and I don't think anyone involved with the WinSCP2 project is likely to want to hear these suggestions. So... are there any alternatives to WinSCP2?

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pscp

pscp(1) 							 PuTTY tool suite							   pscp(1)

NAME

       pscp - command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client

SYNOPSIS

       pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
       pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
       pscp [options] -ls [user@]host:filespec

DESCRIPTION

       pscp is a command-line client for the SSH-based SCP (secure copy) and SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) protocols.

OPTIONS

       The command-line options supported by pscp are:

       -V     Show version information and exit.

       -pgpfp Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.

       -ls    Remote directory listing.

       -p     Preserve file attributes.

       -q     Quiet, don't show statistics.

       -r     Copy directories recursively.

       -unsafe
	      Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).

       -v     Show verbose messages.

       -load session
	      Load settings from saved session.

       -P port
	      Connect to port port.

       -l user
	      Set remote username to user.

       -batch Disable interactive prompts.

       -pw password
	      Set  remote  password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via com-
	      mands such as `w').

       -1     Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

       -2     Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

       -C     Enable SSH compression.

       -i path
	      Private key file for authentication.

       -scp   Force use of SCP protocol.

       -sftp  Force use of SFTP protocol.

MORE INFORMATION

       For more information on pscp it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

       http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

BUGS

       This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.

PuTTY tool suite						    2004-03-24								   pscp(1)