lftp is a client that supports it, if its compiled with openssl support. Example of usage is lftp ftps://my.secure.ftpserver/home/johan Johan On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > I know, this doesn't have to do with speakup but I have a question for > anyone who might have had some experience with Secured FTP (SFTP). So > far, I realize that SFTP is a subset of ssh so I don't think any of > the conventional FTP servers like proftp have any chips in the deal. > I'm setting such a thing up on a private machine for my friend and > haven't been able to find much on controling access and rights. What > I've done so far is to add users on this machine like any other shell > accounts but force their default directory to be /home/ftp instead of > /home/user-id. I then put some symbolic links in this ftp directory > to point to the various download areas. So far, the permissions look > good but I'd like to tighten things up a bit; I would like to "lock" > the users into the /home/ftp directory and subdirs. Another rinkle > here is the sym links. Once you cd to a symlinked directory, doing a > cd .. takes up from that point, and not back to where you were > before. One big disadvantage to symbolic links, I guess. > > Another question, are there any sftp clients out there for linux that > might be a bit better than the strait sftp command? I wish ncftp could > do it, but it doesn't look like it can. Also many of the future users > of this machine are from winblows; what are some good sftp clients for > winblows? Personally, I like FTP Voyager but 9.0 has SSL support but > does not appear to do sftp specifically. I think it may be locked > into connectivity with their own server, Serv-u. > > Any ideas on this stuff? > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- (talking to the Beastie Boys) Fry: Wow. I love you guys. Back in the 20th century, I had all five of your albums. Ad-Rock: That was a thousand years ago. Now we got seven. Fry: Cool. Can I borrow the new ones. And a couple of blank tapes?
