Alternative to FTP/SFTP etc?

[thegreatlion]

I'm having a ubuntu server in my basement, I got a website etc, and I'm currently testing FTP, and I know it's insecure, so I want something secure. SFTP didn't just work..

Criteria:

1. Windows users can download/upload files to it.
2. Somewhat easy to configure
3. I don't relly want a GUI. CLI is good enough.

I want to know if there is any good and secure alternative to FTP and SFTP. I will use it as a online file server (not only on my LAN).

[turtle153]

Tried SSH?

[thegreatlion]

Tried SSH?

I got a openssh server installed, but I dont know how to download and upload files from the windows client..

You know how?

Thanks,

[GWBouge]

Check out WinSCP and PuTTY

[thegreatlion]

Check out WinSCP and PuTTY

I got PuTTY on my machine at work, and I'm tunneling my http with it.

But how on earth do I copy files?

[bodhi.zazen]

You use a program called "winscp"

http://winscp.net/

[thegreatlion]

You use a program called "winscp"

http://winscp.net/

How can I limit so i can only view my /opt/lampp/upload directory?

Is it possible to use this in a cmd?

[GWBouge]

How can I limit so i can only view my /opt/lampp/upload directory?

I think (I'm no expert) you'll have to jail/chroot users on the server side, so it won't allow them access to various parts of the filesystem.

Is it possible to use this in a cmd?

If you're looking for just a one-liner (I assumed more of a 'client'), then you might be looking for one of PuTTY's tools called PSCP. You can find it in the downloads page if you didn't download the archive with all the tools included.

[thegreatlion]

I think (I'm no expert) you'll have to jail/chroot users on the server side, so it won't allow them access to various parts of the filesystem.



If you're looking for just a one-liner (I assumed more of a 'client'), then you might be looking for one of PuTTY's tools called PSCP. You can find it in the downloads page if you didn't download the archive with all the tools included.

I tried the PSCP but it failed to connect to my server, and got a fatal error :S

[GWBouge]

Hmm ... ok, I'll ask the obvious ... are you sure the server is allowing connections on port 22?