[GLLUG] adding directories to ftp server

[Ben Pfaff]

Marshal Newrock <marshal at simons-rock.edu> writes:

> If you're looking for security, though, your computer already has an sftp
> server (part of ssh).  The standard command line (on Linux and BSD
> including OSX) isn't particularly powerful, but there are, of course,
> front-ends available capable of multiple file transfers.  Free clients are
> available for Windows too.
> 
> And if you know exactly what you want to transfer, scp will do in a pinch.

A third alternative along the same lines is to use the lftp
client with the fish protocol, which gives you the same abilities
as normal ftp but over ssh and with the lftp client's nice
enhancements.
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