From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-46257-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1G0v96-00065T-Gl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:58:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6D6qwZN009675; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:52:58 GMT Received: from mail.globalsuite.net (mail.globalsuite.net [69.46.103.200]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6D6VkQC029054 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:31:46 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net (unknown [65.205.219.195]) by mail.globalsuite.net (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 1CA04B7C for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:31:44 -0600 (MDT) Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6D6V3gX031049 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:31:03 -0700 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] FTPs - Is there such a thing? From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <44B5E0F5.2070204@gentoo.org> References: <1152769812.28239.15.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <44B5E0F5.2070204@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:31:03 -0700 Message-Id: <1152772263.28239.37.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Archives-Salt: a17150ad-def6-4293-a247-7f0405e1192d X-Archives-Hash: 2800117db803a7262adc1ad53f41833e On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 22:58 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > What I meant is "secure" ftp. > > sort of like httpS as an alternative to http. > > > > short of wrapping/tunneling ftp traffic through SSH. (That's simple) > > It's called sftp, and openssh does it with this in /etc/ssh/sshd_config: Sorry, I should have mentioned that I know about that as well. Most other users are Windows users and they then to just like to click a link eg: ftp://1.2.3.4 and it'll open up in explorer. (users, they don't care, as long as it works) > # override default of no subsystems > Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/misc/sftp-server > > Most SSH clients will do it, FTP clients may not. And I sincerely doubt windows explorer can do it. (Which is the problem) Thanks -- Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list