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SSH File Transfer Protocol

SSH File Transfer Protocol (also Secret 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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sftp get -r without overwriting

I often connect to a database by sftp protocol, and I get the data by doing get -r is there any option to skip all existing file on my computer ? I tried get -r --overwrite but it does'nt work. (I know I could set my files in read only but I'ld like…
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Command last does not show logins through sFTP, is there something similar or any logs?

When I run last I get something like: user pts/0 user.domain.provider Sat Feb 25 11:44 still logged in user pts/0 user.domain.provider Thu Feb 23 16:38 - 16:39 (00:00) ... But if I connect to the server with sFTP, this won't…
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Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome Files Networks how to sftp connect to machine listening on port other than 22

Just upgraded my laptop to 22.04, very nice. However I can't work out how to connect to a remote linux from the Files app; the remote machine is not listening on port 22. I can connect from the command line using sftp -P not_port_22 user@host On…
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Setting up SFTP-only users breaks SSH connections

I have a cluster of machines (LAN) set up for password-less SSH login for running code in parallel. No problems with the SSH or functionality, however... I'm trying to set up an sftp-only (no shell) user on the gateway machine for external (outside…
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Is there any GUI front end for sftp?

I know that one can connect to an SFTP server using, e.g., FileZilla or Nautilus, but then it is not possible to specify any additional parameters commonly accepted by sftp. To be specific, I need to adjust request queue length and read/write size…
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sftp permissions and group

I use sftp to backup my laptop (Ubuntu 18.10) onto a server (Ubuntu 18.04) on my local network. Suddenly something has gone wrong with the permissions on the server and I started getting access denied warnings. My username on the server also lost…
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How to delete get'ed files using SFTP on an Ubuntu server?

I putty across to two different Ubuntu servers (A and B). I would like to SFTP from A to B and get all the files in a directory in B to A and delete the files in B straight after the download - so that only A has the files. How can achieve get files…
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setting up sftp on ubuntu14 with identity key fails

On Ubuntu14, I'm trying to setup an sftp server with identity key but it just does not work: sftp -vv -i /home/max/test_keys/id_rsa client@12.123.123.12 OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013 debug1: Reading configuration data…
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error in ftp while uplodaing/downloading

This year, in my engineering class, we are learning OS and Doing Shell Programming. I keep a backup of my work on FTP which used to work fine, but now I am getting this error, while uploading and download to the server: ftp> dir 500 I won't open a…
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sftp -i parameter not being recognized (for private key file name)

In Ubuntu 20.04, I type sftp at the command line, and I see there is a -i parameter. When I try it sftp user@site.com -i Key.ppk it acts like maybe the command is not recognized and gives me the syntax, as though I had typed sftp -h. I have…
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sftp m@10.1.1.2 exec: /opt/bin/ssh: No such file or directory Connection closed

I've just installed openssh-sftp-client - 7.6p1-1 and for whatever reason I cannot sftp to any servers even though it shows it is installed and its apparently a command. I can SSH fine just no SFTP Here I show the package list with open-ssh-client…
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read and write logs in sftp

I have to setup logs in sftp, I found out some link online and i made the following changes in sshd.conf Subsystem sftp internal-sftp -l info and after that i restarted sshd services. still there is no detailed entry for file upload and…
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How to create mutiple instance of ssh and how to add specific users to specific instances?

I want to open multiple ports for ssh server and want to add some users to specific port only.How I can do this?
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Download from SFTP server using Ubuntu

I can see that this is a question which has been asked from time to time, but was hoping someone may be able to offer some specific advice. I run a bespoke PHP application, I have recently moved to a new server and it is now hosted on an Ubuntu…
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termius local sftp setup on ubuntu

I've trouble setting up termius client SFTP connection with the local directory. it shows "Local terminal is not available in a sandbox" and "Install termius from the website to get local terminal". but I already installed the termius app. How can i…
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