SSHFileTransferProtocol: Difference between revisions
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wing:~ bkirz$ sftp bkirz@openlab.umiacs.umd.edu | wing:~ bkirz$ sftp bkirz@openlab.umiacs.umd.edu | ||
For UMIACS supported Windows hosts, a SFTP client is already installed. For other hosts, you can download and install [http://winscp.net/eng/download.php | For UMIACS supported Windows hosts, a SFTP client is already installed. For other hosts, you can download and install [http://winscp.net/eng/download.php winSCP], which will enable SSH and SFTP access. | ||
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
More information about SFTP can be found at [http://www.openssh.org/ http://www.openssh.org/]. | More information about SFTP can be found at [http://www.openssh.org/ http://www.openssh.org/]. | ||
Revision as of 17:53, 15 June 2016
SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a network protocol used to securely transfer and manage files on remote systems. SFTP is layered on top of the SSH protocol, and is preferred over FTP as a method of remote file transfer.
Warning: running interactive programs in your shell initialization files, such as starting another shell, causes SFTP to fail. See Shell on how to correctly change the shell you are using
Connecting to an SFTP Server
Under Under Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu Linux, and Mac OS X, the following command from a terminal will connect a client computer to the UMIACS OpenLAB.
wing:~ bkirz$ sftp bkirz@openlab.umiacs.umd.edu
For UMIACS supported Windows hosts, a SFTP client is already installed. For other hosts, you can download and install winSCP, which will enable SSH and SFTP access.
Further Information
More information about SFTP can be found at http://www.openssh.org/.