[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Mandrake FTP

[Stuart Johnston]

Kipton Moravec wrote:
> At 05:41 PM 10/11/03, Alvin Goats wrote:
> 
>> > I thought FTP was pretty much obsolete.  Why would one use FTP when you
>> > have SFTP?
>> >
>>
>> When you have to communicate with a system that does NOT have sftp
>> capability, like some embedded systems, old os's that are used in
>> dedicated systems, ROM programed devices or systems that have ftp
>> only.....
> 
> 
> I had not heard of SFTP so I looked it up with a GOOGLE search.
> 
> I found this: http://www.xbill.org/sftp/
> 
> sftp
> 
> Since <http://www.openssh.com>openssh supports the ssh2 sftp protocol, 
> there's really no reason to use this program anymore. If, for some 
> reason, you really want to know more about it, <oldindex.htm>here's the 
> old page describing it. This program is completely unsupported.
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> So IS sftp dead? Or is this guy spouting nonsense?  Or what?

He is saying that his 'sftp' program is dead since the openssh package 
includes its own 'sftp' implementation.

See: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1

> sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp(1), which
> performs all operations over an encrypted ssh(1) transport.


Personally, I rarely use sftp and have had trouble with it when I have 
tried.  Generally, I just use scp.

Stuart Johnston