sshd and ftpd

[Karl F. Larsen]

Shannon McMackin wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>     
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>     This afternoon I decided to get ssh working between my big computer 
>>>> and my laptop. I did so and it works fine with a password. I fooled 
>>>> around but could not get it to work like ftp.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> What does this actually mean?  If you want a ftp-like file transfer
>>> mechanism, use sftp
>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol)
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> So I loaded ftpd on both computers and that works just as expected, put,get ect.
>>>>
>>>> I recall that ftp is not as safe as ssh. I do not recall why.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> It transfers passwords (and everything else) in plain-text.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Should I do anything to protect my computers with ftpd running?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> No, you should stop using ftpd, since you have no existing (legacy)
>>> reason to use it.
>>>
>>> Matt Flaschen
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> ok Matt I will load sftp and see how that works.
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>     
> Karl,
>
> You can also use scp to transfer files to and from the computers.  If 
> you have ssh server running on the big computer, you can use gftp on 
> your laptop and transfer files using ssh as the protocol.  This is a 
> much safer way to do it...
>
>
>   
    I tried aptitude install sftp and it found vsftd which I got on both 
computers. I now use $ sftp 192.168.x.x and it works just like ftp but 
uses the ssh method. I have moved several big files with total success.

    Much faster than putting the files on a 2GB USB dongle and then 
offloading on the other machine.


Karl