07-08-2013
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Originally Posted by
Corona688
FTP and ssh are wholly different.
ssh includes the sftp protocol though, which is enough like ftp to perhaps solve the same problem for you, and logs in the exact same way as ssh -- it should use the exact same keys.
i have created a .netrc file in my home directory for ftp to work without prompting for password. Is it ok and safe?
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