How to Transfer SFTP Files on Linux. File Transfer Protocol client applications let you to transfer files back and forth between your computer and another computer running an FTP server application.

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

Many, if not most, Linux distributions can be set to start SSH automatically. Linux — like Mac OS X — by extension usually permits the machine to be used as an SFTP server if sshd is running.

Lock down all SFTP users on your data center Linux servers with a chroot jail.

Introduction 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. The ...

FTP is a great way to transfer files to the cloud, and you have some pretty good choices of FTP clients on Linux. However, our favorite is the powerful, cross-platform FilezZilla. FileZilla has ...

FTP Client-Server Interaction Let's take a quick look at how an FTP client and server are implemented in user mode. We discuss only active FTP in this article. The differences between active and ...