Write access to Web files via method other that FTP

[roblad]

How can web files be edited withoug using FTP access so as to avoid sending loging credentials in clear text?

[gp1628]

sftp?

[roblad]

How is "sftp" used? I have been using SharePointDesigner 2007 to open a site this way ---
ftp://ftp.sonic.net/www/<directory in user's web> this works. I'm prompted for user name and pasword.

If it try sftp it doesn't.

[gp1628]

Im not big on it. Personally Ive never had a problem using ftp, email, telnet, etc.

But for the question you asked I think sftp is considered to be the answer.
Instead of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) use
SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol

In any case, that is the keyword for your searches. There might be a way to get SharePointDesigner to use sftp. Or your browser (the method you were using is basically a browser method. In any browser putting ftp in place of the http does what you did

[joemuller]

The easiest way to do this securely is to use 'scp'. You'll need to have us enable Shell Access on your account (it's free! just give us a call!), then use a client such as WinSCP (http://winscp.net) to transfer the files the same as you would via ftp. If you're on the mac, my personal favorite is Cyberduck (http://cyberduck.ch/).

[nsr500]

I use sshfs to mount directly using password-less ssh. Requires a shell account, sshfs and FUSE, sshfs is here: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html.

The main gotcha is the inability to follow symbolic links to a different filesystem hierarchy, so remember to mount the actual filesystem. Large file lookups can be slow, remote to remote copies can be slower (ala NFSv2).

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
# defaults for sonic shell account
SONIC=<your_user_name>
LOCAL_MNT=/$SONIC
TARGET=${SONIC}@shell.sonic.net:

case "$1" in
	-m)	shift; LOCAL_MNT="$1"; shift ;;
	-h)	echo "use: remote_mnt [-m local_mountpoint] [target]"; exit ;;
	*)
esac
[ "$1" != "" ] && TARGET="$1"

if grep "$LOCAL_MNT" /proc/mounts > /dev/null; then
	fusermount -u $LOCAL_MNT &&\
	echo "$LOCAL_MNT unmounted"
else
	# Compression:add '-C'
	# NOTE: uid/gid are on local machine
	#-o allow_root -o idmap=none -o uid=500 -o gid=100 \

	lsmod | grep fuse > /dev/null || sudo modprobe fuse
	sshfs \
	-o idmap=user -o uid=500 -o gid=100 \
	"${TARGET}" $LOCAL_MNT &&\
	mount -t fuse.sshfs
fi

[dane]

You can also limit the scope of where the cleartext password would be available by using our VPN server. It's also free, and lives in the same datacenter as the FTP hosts.

-Dane

[bhaveshmital]

i called the customer support to enable shell access.he didnt know too much details about sftp etc but he enabled access for me .in any case the host to access sftp is
shell.sonic.net