FISH vs SFTP

[Raphaël Pinson]

Le Vendredi 21 Avril 2006 20:34, Toby Dickenson a écrit :
> On Friday 21 Apr 2006 18:15, Christoph Wiesen wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 21. April 2006 15:59 schrieb Gabriel Dragffy:
> > > are they the same
> > > but just written differently or what?
> >
> > Exactly. fish:/ and sftp:/ are just different names for the same kio
> > backend (secure ftp over ssh).
>
> Not quite....
>
> The sftp kio uses the sftp subsystem of the ssh server. This is designed
> for this purpose, but needs explicit support from the ssh server. Some ssh
> servers may not support it, and some may have that subsystem disabled.
>

It is also true the other way : iirc you can have an ssh server allowing sftp 
connection but not ssh. You will then be able to use secure ftp through ssh 
on this server, even using RSA/DSA key pairs for authentication on it, but 
not to log on a remote shell with ssh and execute commands.



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