The reason is this: FTP is a protocol of it's own, while SFTP is an addition to SSH. If there's no SSH server running, you won't be able to use SFTP or scp.
The reason is this: FTP is a protocol of it's own, while SFTP is an addition to SSH. If there's no SSH server running, you won't be able to use SFTP or scp.
First, you must have a FTP client, that supports SSH. (firefox has a great plugin, FireFTP, that does this. Or sftp, in standard repositories of most distros.)
Then, you have to be able to login to the server, that is, you must have a system account, that you can login through SSH.
Then, you should edit your /etc/ssh/sshd_config and comment out the line
and add
instead.
Then, restart your sshd:
Restart your ftp daemon, just in case.
Cross your fingers, and try to login (through port 22, since you are login in through SSH).
First, you must have a FTP client, that supports SSH. (firefox has a great plugin, FireFTP, that does this. Or sftp, in standard repositories of most distros.)
Then, you have to be able to login to the server, that is, you must have a system account, that you can login through SSH.
Then, you should edit your /etc/ssh/sshd_config and comment out the line
and add
instead.
Then, restart your sshd:
Restart your ftp daemon, just in case.
Cross your fingers, and try to login (through port 22, since you are login in through SSH).
Hi Friends,
I need to make a Unix script, where i need ftp and sftp functionality.
Let me describe in details:
I need to import few files from remote server, now these remote server either support ftp or sftp not both. So i need a script where my script will try to do ftp first and if it... (8 Replies)
Hi Everyone,
We are migrating from FTP to SFTP. We used the following script for FTP:
echo "ftp -np -i -v << EOF" >> ${FTP_READY_FILE}
echo "open ${SRC_FTP_SERVER} " >> ${FTP_READY_FILE}
echo "user ${SRC_FTP_USER} ${SRC_FTP_PWD}" >> ${FTP_READY_FILE}
echo "binary" >> ${FTP_READY_FILE}... (5 Replies)
Hi there, I'm new to shell scripting and need some help if possible?
I need to create a shell script (.sh) to run as a cron job on an ubuntu linux server to connect to an external sftp sites directory using credentials (which I have) and then download to our internal ftp server and then copy... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have the following bash script(related to ftp) that read the parameters from the properties file and then transfer some files to the remote machine...
following is the bash script ....
#!/bin/sh
. ftp.properties
ftp -vin >> ftp.log <<-!
open $RemoteIp
user... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have situation where i need to automate transferring 10000+ files using sftp.
while read line
do
if ; then
echo "-mput /home/student/Desktop/folder/$line/* /cygdrive/e/folder/$line/">>sftpCommand.txt
fi
done< files.txt
sftp -b sftpCommand.txt stu@192.168.2.1
The above... (1 Reply)
Somebody made a policy that 'we use sftp now instead of ftp'. I have recommended we use scp because I can't for the life of me think of a *good* reason to use sftp and not scp. But most of what I do is stupid stuff without a good reason. I get judged on how much I can just say yes, no matter how... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have the following ftp code to check the status of communication channel :
/bin/ftp -i -v -n -B 64 $HOST <<END 2>&1 > $LOGFILE
user $user $password
bye
END
I need to re write exactly the same way with SFTP using authentication keys, I know how to do SFTP with authentication keys.... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have the following ftp code to check the status of communication channel :
/bin/ftp -i -v -n -B 64 $HOST <<END 2>&1 > $LOGFILE
user $user $password
bye
END
I need to re write to use SFTP, I know how to do SFTP with authentication keys.
But my problem is, when the authentication... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I'm being told that I have to start using SFTP from my server (HPUX 11i), so heres a few questions;
What are the differences between FTP and SFTP? What differences in congiuration can I expect? Are there any changes in command usage? I did see an earlier thread with command issues. A few... (3 Replies)