The SSH File Transfer Protocol, (sometimes called Secure File Transfer Protocol, Secure FTP), or SFTP, is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream.
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Confused about OpenSSH and Pure-FTPd over port 22
I'm running Ubuntu 20 and have installed Pure-FTPd. When I SFTP on port 22 with FileZilla the log shows "We claim SSH-2.0 FileZilla ... Remote version SSH-2.0 OpenSSH..." On login with FileZilla, auth.log shows an ssh2 connection.
I'm confused about…

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AWS SFTP connection closed error
WHen I try to connect with my server endpoint getting connection closed. It should be connected with server endpoint.
AWS Connection Closed

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How to SFTP files from Linuxto a Windows attached network drive
I need to send files from my Linux to a network drive that is attached to a Windows system via SFTP.
I want to know if I get the SFTP server running on Windows, how do I transfer a file from my linux machine to the network drive? After connecting to…

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Is there a client that combines SSH and SFTP?
I often find myself using ssh and sftp side-by-side in my Ubuntu terminal. A typical workflow looks like this:
Log into some server with SSH and SFTP using the same public key on separate terminal windows.
Create a directory with SSH.
put some…

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How to connect to a SFTP
Got a SFTP Hostname username password from someone and he gave me a Server RSA public key fingerprint like this: d2:h4:h5:gf:f4 etcetera. But how do i need to connect to this host, doesnt this fingerprint key need to be in a file? I already tried…

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What does the following Java SFTP error mean?
I am new to security domain and wanted to get understanding of this error I'm getting :
com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: UnknownHostKey: 127.0.0.1. RSA key
fingerprint is a2:39:3f:44:88:e9:1f:d7:d1:71:f4:85:98:fb:90:dc at
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How to monitor SFTP with monit
I just installed monit and checked the web interface. Unfortunately proftpd is marked as not running although it's running. I think it's because I'm running proftpd with S/FTP not FTP.
Is it possible to run monit with S/FTP?
##CHECK ProFTPD
check…

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Install SSH key in UNIX server
I'm trying to connect to a UNIX server from a Windows server, through PSFTP.
I am using this command in CMD: psftp.exe -i %userprofile%\.ssh\certificate.ppk username@unixserver
The problem is that server is refusing the private key I have stored in…

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Any difference between a SSH user, SFTP user, cPanel user, etc?
I've recently disabled root access on my server and enabled sudo for my user. However I also use this user account for SFTP and logging into cPanel. Is there any security issue with this? By default I always used the same user account for both SFTP…

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Looking for an application to sync SFTP to local
I'm looking for an application that would dynamically sync an external SFTP site to local storage. So whenever a file changes ( including new file or delete file ), the local side reflects that ( within some interval ).
I suppose it might be…

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How do I automate a daily download from an SFTP server? Currently trying Power Automate
I am trying to use power automate to automate a daily process of connecting to a sftp, downloading files onto my local drive. My biggest issue is I am unable to whitelist all of the IP addresses associated with Microsoft and can only connect using…
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How to know which file(file name) is transfered through FTP/SFTP
Think of a situation I transferred a file through FTP, in which log I can find the name of the file transferred. Kindly mention the location of the log file.
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How to make my server support SFTP?
Hello I have a FTP server and some service we are working with (they are supposed to upload every day some files to our server) said they are only supporting SFTP :
1.is it a migration ? do I need to change/install something in my server to make…

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SFTP file download and upload permission
I have folder /sftp/xyz, need to give download and upload permission for 'xyz' folder for user 'abc'.
User 'abc' should access only the folder /sftp/xyz.
I tried so many things but now the user 'abc' is able to access /home/, /sftp/ also able to…

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How are files created during FTP?
When one uses FTP/SFTP on Linux, is the method the server uses to create directories and files mkdir and open or something else entirely?

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