Is there a graphic SFTP for Ubuntu

[Pete Clapham-2]

Hi, all --

Admittedly command-line is often more efficient than GUI, but this isn't always true. 

Is there an Ubuntu GUI version of SFTP (or of the whole SSH swarm)?  I've used both SSH-
Secure Shell Client and Tunnelier for Windows, and have found both very useful.  SSH for Ubuntu works fine, but it isn't very flexible.  A GUI would be welcome.

Thanks for your input.

cheers,
pete

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[Fred Roller]

On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 14:16 -0700, Pete Clapham wrote:
> Is there an Ubuntu GUI version of SFTP (or of the whole SSH swarm)?
> I've used both SSH-
> Secure Shell Client and Tunnelier for Windows, and have found both
> very useful.  SSH for Ubuntu works fine, but it isn't very flexible.
> A GUI would be welcome.
>
> Thanks for your input.

Places --> Connect to Server...

Service type = SSH
Server = [ip to server]
Port = if you changed the listening port (defaults to 22 if left blandk
I believe)
User Name = login
Add bookmark to make the above easier next time ;)

it should try to connect and then prompt you for a password.  Hope this
helps.

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[Rashkae-2]

Pete Clapham wrote:

> Hi, all --
>
> Admittedly command-line is often more efficient than GUI, but this isn't always true.  
>
> Is there an Ubuntu GUI version of SFTP (or of the whole SSH swarm)?  I've used both SSH-
> Secure Shell Client and Tunnelier for Windows, and have found both very useful.  SSH for Ubuntu works fine, but it isn't very flexible.  A GUI would be welcome.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> cheers,
> pete
>
>

sftp, as well as most other protocols, is built right into your file
manager.   Just go to Places -> My computer (or anywhere else that opens
a file browser window) and type the sftp://address in the location bar.

You may find filezilla to be more appropriate for some uses (such as
batch transfer of several files in a queue.

For ssh, try putty

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[David E. Fox]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Pete Clapham<peteclapham@...> wrote:
> Hi, all --
>
> Admittedly command-line is often more efficient than GUI, but this isn't
> always true.

fish protocol support in konqueror may be your best bet if you are
running kde. Open one window, point it to your other share via
fish://<ip or name> then open another window to the local machine,
then drag & drop.


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[Rod James Bio]

David Fox wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Pete Clapham<peteclapham@...> wrote:
>  
>> Hi, all --
>>
>> Admittedly command-line is often more efficient than GUI, but this isn't
>> always true.
>>    
>
> fish protocol support in konqueror may be your best bet if you are
> running kde. Open one window, point it to your other share via
> fish://<ip or name> then open another window to the local machine,
> then drag & drop.
>
>
>  

I use filezilla for my gnome desktop.

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[Brummelen, M. van (ICT)]

Hi,

What about filezilla? Or dit I missed that posting?

Regards,
Martijn van Brummelen


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Onderwerp: Re: Is there a graphic SFTP for Ubuntu
 
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Pete Clapham<peteclapham@...> wrote:
> Hi, all --
>
> Admittedly command-line is often more efficient than GUI, but this isn't
> always true.

fish protocol support in konqueror may be your best bet if you are
running kde. Open one window, point it to your other share via
fish://<ip or name> then open another window to the local machine,
then drag & drop.


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[Mihamina Rakotomandimby-6]

07/02/2009 11:45 AM, Brummelen, M. van (ICT)::
> What about filezilla?

What about not having plenty of redundant softwares? ;-)

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[Chris-75]

Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> 07/02/2009 11:45 AM, Brummelen, M. van (ICT)::
>> What about filezilla?
>
> What about not having plenty of redundant softwares? ;-)
>


Gftp allows sft transfer.

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[Chris Mohler]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Fred Roller<froller@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 14:16 -0700, Pete Clapham wrote:
>> Is there an Ubuntu GUI version of SFTP (or of the whole SSH swarm)?
>> I've used both SSH-
>> Secure Shell Client and Tunnelier for Windows, and have found both
>> very useful.  SSH for Ubuntu works fine, but it isn't very flexible.
>> A GUI would be welcome.
>>
>> Thanks for your input.
>
> Places --> Connect to Server...

Too bad that's buggy as hell.  I use command line or Filezilla.

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[Vincent Arnoux]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 17:45, Chris Mohler<cr33dog@...> wrote:
>> Places --> Connect to Server...
>
> Too bad that's buggy as hell.  I use command line or Filezilla.
>
> Chris

Hmmm, you have good point and gave many excellent arguments to back it
up. Not. I use it daily without any glitch (except on some FTP server
requiring a passive connection). Any pointer to bug reports? Any
example of buggy behaviour?

Vincent

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[Chris Mohler]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Vincent Arnoux<vincent.arnoux@...> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 17:45, Chris Mohler<cr33dog@...> wrote:
>>> Places --> Connect to Server...
>>
>> Too bad that's buggy as hell.  I use command line or Filezilla.
>>
>> Chris
>
> Hmmm, you have good point and gave many excellent arguments to back it
> up. Not. I use it daily without any glitch (except on some FTP server
> requiring a passive connection). Any pointer to bug reports? Any
> example of buggy behaviour?

Well, it's been a while, but I remember it crapping out when
transferring many files at once (SFTP).  I also got bitten by editing
a file in-place inside the server folder - it would not let me save
changes.  It is also much (~2X) slower to transfer than scp or
Filezilla.  I think that's about the point I threw in the towel.

Oh, if you want to see bug reports:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=sftp

More info:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gnome-vfs

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[Vincent Arnoux]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 18:46, Chris Mohler<cr33dog@...> wrote:

> Well, it's been a while, but I remember it crapping out when
> transferring many files at once (SFTP).  I also got bitten by editing
> a file in-place inside the server folder - it would not let me save
> changes.  It is also much (~2X) slower to transfer than scp or
> Filezilla.  I think that's about the point I threw in the towel.
>
> Oh, if you want to see bug reports:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=sftp
>
> More info:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gnome-vfs
>
> Chris

Editing a file in-place on a server mounted via gnome-vfs is something
different than transferring files, which was the request of the first
post. You won't be able to do that using an SFTP client neither (I
might be wrong for Filezilla though).

It works for me (c) I suggest you give it another try. It's a pity
some punctual instability or slowness problems prevent you from the
awesomeness of having only one application to manage your files, be it
locally or remotely.

In general, I believe VFS from inside the file manager is a strong
selling point for developers and we should not advise an external app
when it might not be needed. The idea of getting an OS "everything
included" is pretty seductive, don't dump it right away.

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[Chris Mohler]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Vincent Arnoux<vincent.arnoux@...> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 18:46, Chris Mohler<cr33dog@...> wrote:
>> Well, it's been a while, but I remember it crapping out when
>> transferring many files at once (SFTP).  I also got bitten by editing
>> a file in-place inside the server folder - it would not let me save
>> changes.  It is also much (~2X) slower to transfer than scp or
>> Filezilla.  I think that's about the point I threw in the towel.
>>
>> Oh, if you want to see bug reports:
>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=sftp
>>
>> More info:
>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gnome-vfs
>>
>> Chris
>
> Editing a file in-place on a server mounted via gnome-vfs is something
> different than transferring files, which was the request of the first
> post. You won't be able to do that using an SFTP client neither (I
> might be wrong for Filezilla though).

Yes, but the mounted vfs allows you to open the file(s) read-write -
but then saving is problematic.  That is bad behavior, and not
friendly to the user.

> It works for me (c) I suggest you give it another try. It's a pity
> some punctual instability or slowness problems prevent you from the
> awesomeness of having only one application to manage your files, be it
> locally or remotely.

If a program does not work reliably, I think it's reasonable to use an
alternative.

> In general, I believe VFS from inside the file manager is a strong
> selling point for developers and we should not advise an external app
> when it might not be needed. The idea of getting an OS "everything
> included" is pretty seductive, don't dump it right away.

I do like the concept, but I think the implementation is not very
robust.  If it works for you, I'm glad.  But personally, I've wasted
enough time messing with gnome-vfs.  It will be some time before I try
it again - if I do at all.  I'm getting a bit tired of gnome in
general these days so I might try some other WMs ;)

Chris

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[Fred Roller]

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 19:12 +0200, Vincent Arnoux wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 18:46, Chris Mohler<cr33dog@...> wrote:
> > Well, it's been a while, but I remember it crapping out when
> > transferring many files at once (SFTP).  I also got bitten by editing
> > a file in-place inside the server folder - it would not let me save
> > changes.  It is also much (~2X) slower to transfer than scp or
> > Filezilla.  I think that's about the point I threw in the towel.
> >
> > Oh, if you want to see bug reports:
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=sftp
> >
> > More info:
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gnome-vfs
> >
> > Chris
>
> Editing a file in-place on a server mounted via gnome-vfs is something
> different than transferring files, which was the request of the first
> post. You won't be able to do that using an SFTP client neither (I
> might be wrong for Filezilla though).
>
> It works for me (c) I suggest you give it another try. It's a pity
> some punctual instability or slowness problems prevent you from the
> awesomeness of having only one application to manage your files, be it
> locally or remotely.
>
> In general, I believe VFS from inside the file manager is a strong
> selling point for developers and we should not advise an external app
> when it might not be needed. The idea of getting an OS "everything
> included" is pretty seductive, don't dump it right away.
>
> Vincent
>

One of the things I like about linux is primarily you have options.
Yes, the method I mentioned has issues with large transfers and for that
I use Filezilla because it continues to try till complete.  Day to day
simple transfers, it's nice to have a "folder" to click, type in
password, move my stuff and be done.  Long term or constant access I
would go the route of setting up fstab to mount a location.  The last I
reserve for local network but I am to understand a ssh connection can be
established, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=270806 .  Point is
there are options.  Best thing is to try a couple and go with what makes
you feel comfortable.

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[Jay Daniels-2]

Chris wrote:
> Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
>> 07/02/2009 11:45 AM, Brummelen, M. van (ICT)::
>>> What about filezilla?
>> What about not having plenty of redundant softwares? ;-)
>>
>
>
> Gftp allows sft transfer.
>

You are correct Chris.  Correct me if I'm wrong, sftp is just ftp over ssh.


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[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 22:19 -0400, Jay Daniels wrote:

> Chris wrote:
> > Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> >> 07/02/2009 11:45 AM, Brummelen, M. van (ICT)::
> >>> What about filezilla?
> >> What about not having plenty of redundant softwares? ;-)
> >>
> >
> >
> > Gftp allows sft transfer.
> >
>
> You are correct Chris.  Correct me if I'm wrong, sftp is just ftp over ssh.

No, it is not FTP over SSH.  It is a different transfer protocol.
However. the client side mimics client-side FTP.
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On 07/02/2009 07:29 PM, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 22:19 -0400, Jay Daniels wrote:
>> Chris wrote:
>> > Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
>> >> 07/02/2009 11:45 AM, Brummelen, M. van (ICT)::
>> >>> What about filezilla?
>> >> What about not having plenty of redundant softwares? ;-)
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Gftp allows sft transfer.
>> >
>>
>> You are correct Chris.  Correct me if I'm wrong, sftp is just ftp over ssh.
>
> No, it is not FTP over SSH.  It is a different transfer protocol.
> However. the client side mimics client-side FTP.

Added:
http://www.openssh.org/txt/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-02.txt
<quote>
2. Use with the SSH Connection Protocol

   When used with the SSH2 Protocol suite, this protocol is intended to
   be used from the SSH Connection Protocol [5] as a subsystem, as
   described in section ``Starting a Shell or a Command''.  The
   subsystem name used with this protocol is "sftp".
</quote>
and
http://www.vandyke.com/technology/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer.txt
[SSH File Transfer Protocol]
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-secsh-scp-sftp-ssh-uri-04>
for some background.




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[Swapnil Jain-2]

theres also filezilla ftp/sftp client available for ubuntu

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On 02-Jul-09, at 6:44 PM, Chris wrote:

> Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
>> 07/02/2009 11:45 AM, Brummelen, M. van (ICT)::
>>> What about filezilla?
>>
>> What about not having plenty of redundant softwares? ;-)
>>
>
>
> Gftp allows sft transfer.
>
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[Rashkae-2]

Jay Daniels wrote:

> Chris wrote:
>> Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
>>> 07/02/2009 11:45 AM, Brummelen, M. van (ICT)::
>>>> What about filezilla?
>>> What about not having plenty of redundant softwares? ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Gftp allows sft transfer.
>>
>
> You are correct Chris.  Correct me if I'm wrong, sftp is just ftp over ssh.
>

You are wrong :)

From the user perpsective, it appears that way, but sftp is it's own
protocol.  (You could, if you wanted, run ftp over an ssh tunnel, but
that would be something else again)

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