[olug] what is sftp-server?

[Jonathan Warren]

It is an ftp server running over ssh.  check out yafc for a good command line client that can connect to sftp servers.

On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 01:37:02AM -0500, Brian Wiese wrote:
> One more ssh related question...
> 
> What is the sftp-server?  It is invoked at the end of my
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.  Is it the same as scp... does it enable the
> use of someone to scp to/from this host?  or is it another process
> entirely?
> 
> Reason is: I've always wanted a 'secure' ftp server/client and the
> pickings are still slim.  I would like to 'ftp' into a host, and browse
> the files, and dnld the ones I want, perhaps even with a gui!  scp lacks
> these abilities to my knowledge.  And if this does act like an ftp server,
> why aren't there gui clients for it?
> 
> just wondering, peace
> 
> Brian
> 
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