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sftp.exe examples

manojampalam edited this page Oct 13, 2015 · 4 revisions
  1. Setup sftp-server on host * Add location of sftp-server.exe binary as a subsystem in sshd_config file by adding an entry like below: * Subsystem sftp d:\win32openssh\sftp-server.exe * Restart sshd.exe * sftp-server will now be started automatically by sshd server when a sftp client connects to this computer

  2. sftp.exe examples

    • sftp test1@localhost //login to local machine using test1 username
    • sftp -i .ssh/id_rsa test1@remotehost //login using .ssh/id_rsa public key pair
    • pwd //show current remote directory
    • lpwd //show current local directory
    • cd /tests //changed to remote directory c:/tests
    • get file1.txt //download file1.txt from remote system to local directory
    • put file1.txt //upload the file to remote system from the current local directory
    • exit
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