[Gllug] scp / sftp comparison

[Bruce Richardson]

On 20/03/02, 15:23:30, "Paul Brazier" <pbrazier at cosmos-uk.co.uk> wrote 
regarding RE: [Gllug] scp / sftp comparison :



> Hmm, that's strange, I've been using the standard commandline scp on
> Debian unstable and it's been giving me error messages (can't remember
> what offhand) until I set the shell back. I guess there must be
> something else wrong with my setup.

There has to be an account on the remote machine but it can be locked.  
Your PAM settings can affect this.

> I've been looking into rsync over ssh for doing backup transfers over
> the net. Seems very good for data that doesn't change much. I'm still
> not totally clear whether I need a rsyncd running for this or if this is
> only required for a "public" rsync service (e.g. for website mirrors)
> but I'll invesigate further tonight.

You would use rsyncd or ssh, not both.  If you do rsync over ssh then ssh 
executes rsync remotely, so no need for a daemon.

-- 

Bruce

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