Last week’s README file demonstrated how easy it is to turn virtually any desktop machine into an SFTP server. Today’s piece shows how to automate a well-known Windows open source SFTP client using ...

One of the things I both love and hate about my job is getting assigned new projects. They can be about anything and everything. A few months back I was given an assignment to create some chroot jails ...

What is SFTP? How does it differ from FTP? FTP (File Transport Protocol) was first invented in 1971 and was originally used to transfer files over NCP (Network Control Protocol), later versions were ...

Lock down all SFTP users on your data center Linux servers with a chroot jail. If you have Linux data center servers that require users to be able to send and receive files via SFTP, you might want to ...

Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories Your email has been sent With the release of OpenSSH 4.9p1, you no longer have to rely on third-party hacks or ...

The SSH protocol enables three major classes of remote server activities: a) command execution (including a login shell), b) network forwarding and manipulation, and c) file transfer. There may be ...