Secure file transfer program: Difference between revisions

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The sftp command is a client program implementing the [[SSH file transfer protocol]].<ref name="openssh">[http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1 sftp man page from the openssh project]</ref> This should not be confused with running an [[FTP_over_SSH|FTP client over an SSH connection]].

Contrary to its name, the sftp command is '''not''' an '''SFTP''' client (''SSH File Transfer Protocol''), but it is an '''FTP-over-SSH''' client (an FTP client over an SSH tunnel).

sftp is part of the [[OpenSSH]] project.<ref name="openssh" />

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In fact, [[SFTP]] can designate two different TCP/IP protocols:

* [[SSH File Transfer Protocol]] (the today's main meaning of SFTP)

* [[Secure File Transfer Protocol]] (replaced by '[[FTP over SSH]]')

sftp is part of the [[OpenSSH]] project.