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Line termination problems when using SFTP
SFTP is the FTP subsystem that is part of SSH, it allows you to do encrypted file transfers. In the past week I have had 2 issues about SFTP not properly transferring files. In one case OpenVOS was the source of the file and in the other case OpenVOS was receiving the file. In both [...]
Why Can’t I Supply a Password to the sftp Command From Inside a Macro?
Recently a number of VOS and OpenVOS customers have switched from using the standard ftp client (ftp.pm) to the secure ftp client (sftp.pm). There are two primary reasons for using sftp over ftp. First, sftp never sends the password in plaintext; it is always encrypted. Second, sftp encrypts the data during transmission. However, it seems that many [...]
Automating File Transfers With SFTP
In my last blog I talked about automating file transfers using FTP. There are three issues with using FTP. First, your password is sent across the network in clear text making it available to anyone with a protocol analyzer. Second, your data is also sent in clear text. Third, you have to record your password [...]
