Guides tagged “sftp”
Step-by-step MdmHost guides about sftp, sorted A-Z.
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Connect to cPanel hosting with FileZilla (FTPS and SFTP)
Set up FileZilla for your cPanel hosting with encrypted FTP over TLS or SFTP, save the site in Site Manager, upload a website and fix common connection errors.
Copy large files to a Remote Desktop server without failures
Clipboard copy of big files over RDP is slow and fails without warning. Use drive redirection with robocopy, SFTP or a cloud link instead, and resume transfers that stop.
Create an SFTP-only user limited to one folder
Give someone file access over SFTP without a shell, locked inside one folder. Configure internal-sftp with a Match block, set the chroot ownership right and test with WinSCP.
Create and manage FTP accounts in Plesk
Create additional FTP accounts in Plesk, restrict them to a folder, connect with FileZilla over FTPS or SFTP and fix common connection and permission errors.
FTP connection failed? Fix FileZilla and FTP login errors
Fix FTP errors such as "530 Login authentication failed", connection timeouts and "Failed to retrieve directory listing" when connecting to cPanel hosting.
FTP vs SFTP vs FTPS explained: which file transfer method should you use?
The differences between plain FTP, FTPS and SFTP, which ports and logins each uses on cPanel hosting, how they compare to File Manager and Web Disk, and which is safest.
Install OpenSSH Server on Windows for SSH and SFTP
Install and start OpenSSH Server, connect over SSH, set PowerShell as the default shell, add admin SSH keys and copy files with SFTP.
Set up Termius to manage your Linux servers
Use Termius to connect to your Linux VPS from desktop and mobile, add hosts and SSH keys, organise servers into groups, save snippets, transfer files over SFTP and understand the security trade-offs of syncing.
SSH access in cPanel: generate, import and authorise SSH keys
Connect to your cPanel hosting over SSH with keys: generate or import a key in cPanel SSH Access, authorise it, and connect from Windows, macOS or Linux.
Transfer files to a Windows server (RDP and SFTP)
Copy files to and from your server with the RDP clipboard, a redirected local drive or SFTP, and know which to use for which job.
Transfer files to your Linux VPS with SCP, SFTP, WinSCP or FileZilla
Move files to and from your server securely: scp and rsync in the terminal, interactive sftp, or the WinSCP and FileZilla apps over SFTP with your SSH key.
umask: control default permissions for new files
Understand how umask decides the permissions of every new file and folder, choose between 022 and 002, and set it per user, per systemd service and for SFTP uploads.
Use SSH with a DirectAdmin account (access and SSH keys)
Get SSH enabled for your DirectAdmin user, add SSH keys in the panel, connect from Windows, macOS or Linux, and run common commands like WP-CLI, Composer and mysql.
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