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I need a program that can manage files on a remote device running Linux using SCP. The remote device runs OpenWrt. On Windows there is a perfect one WinSCP. it is weird that there is no native program that can be used.

The program should be able to:

  • list files
  • copy and move files to/from the device and within the device.
  • delete files on the device
  • view and edit files
  • change file permissions

I have found only one alternative, except using CLI and installing WinSCP with wine.

It is Midnight Commander with fish. It works really poor. The problems are:

  1. It mixes up ~ on a remote device and on the computer.
  2. It can't edit files. I can open and edit, but they are saved to a wrong place.

There is a lot of other annoying problems that makes it almost unusable. I gave up using mc and now I am using pure shell on the remote device.

Please do not tell me that Nautilus, etc support these features. They don't!!!

Linux native file managers require SFTP that is not available on the remote device.

Maybe it is possible to get nautilus use SCP, but I did not find a way of doing it without changing sources.

THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE !!!

I have a specific requirement that is not covered in the duplicate question.

If it is not possible on Ubuntu, then this could be an answer.

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FAR Manager for Linux recently got support of SCP. Currently it has bugs but you may try.

To install from PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:far2l-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install far2l
far2l

Then press Alt+F2 (you may need to disable "Run Application" hotkey). Select NetRocks and press Shift+F4 to create a new connection config.

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Finally I got it working with the mc from bionic Ubuntu repo.

In mc select "Right Panel", then "Shell Connection" and type in the address. In my case it is root@192.168.1.1.

Enter the password when asked.

It seems that all is working, including view and edit. It didn't with older mc versions.

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Update : The problem here is that openwrt does not support linux clients without installing the sftp server.

See https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/sftp.server

openwrt has no intention of resolving this, see https://trac.cyberduck.io/ticket/4161

So, from the first link, the solution , server side, is to install openssh-sftp-server

opkg update
opkg install openssh-sftp-server

You can then use any number of graphical clients or sshfs - see What is a program similar to WinSCP? and What is a program similar to WinSCP?

Alternate is to use winscp with wine

sudo apt-get install wine
wine winscp.exe
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    That is wrong. Openwrt has SCP server. It does not have SFTP server. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '17 at 21:15
  • The problem that I can't use SCP server on Ubuntu, except pure CLI. I can type scp commands in a terminal and do whatever I want, but there is no program that can do it. It can be a terminal prog, not a GUI. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '17 at 21:16
  • I ask a question how to do it without using SFTP, Everyone tells me that I should use SFTP and VTC as a duplicate. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '17 at 21:18
  • As was stated in the discussion (not by me) - "well, you are not satisfied. the problem is solved. your question is a duplicate, and the answer to your more specific question about avoiding sftp is that there is no program that works the same way as winscp in that respect" I agree, this question is about Ubuntu clients, and the ubuntu clients work, but you have to configure openwrt, which is not really ubuntu related. – Panther Feb 28 '17 at 21:21
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    My question is 100% valid and is not a duplicate, even if it does not have a positive answer. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '17 at 21:24
  • scp is not a server. Using scp by itself does not accomplish what you want. WinSCP apparently does more than just scp supports. – dobey Feb 28 '17 at 21:24
  • @bodhi.zazen This answer does not have any value. I initially wrote that I am looking for a way without using SFTP. And also mentioned that WinSCP was a workaround. So what is the point of this answer? – Pilot6 Feb 28 '17 at 21:38
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    The point of the answer is that "no, there isn't, and these are your options." – dobey Feb 28 '17 at 22:03
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far2l mentioned above recently fixed a bunch of issues with SCP on openwrt/ddwrt hosts: https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/1434

You can give the latest version a try. Works for me.

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Mount external server using sshfs

After that, it is mounted to your filesystem, you can use any file browser of your choice.

Example:

sshfs user@server:/directory ~/remote_directory

To automate the process, add an entry in fstab

sshfs#user@server:/directory /home/your_local_user/directory fuse idmap=user 0 0
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  • https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/54523/discussion-between-pilot6-and-bodhi-zazen – muru Jul 11 '17 at 09:27