sshd and ftpd

[Karl F. Larsen]

Preston Kutzner wrote:
> On Apr 24, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>> ok Matt I will load sftp and see how that works.
>>     
>
>
> There's nothing you need to load.  Sftp functionality is in-built in  
> sshd.  I would suggest uninstalling ftpd, however, since you don't  
> need it.  All you need to do to use sftp is use the sftp client on the  
> machine you want to connect from as follows:
>
> sshd username at hostname
>
> You'll be logged into the remote host and the sftp client will work as  
> you would expect a regular ftp client to work.
>   
    Not really. With ftp I use $ ftp 192.168.2.2 and it requires my 
password and is logged in ready to go. When I use sftp it is the same 
way. With sshd I need to put something in the control file that makes it 
work this way. I am not sure what it wants :-)


Karl