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WinSCP is an open source free SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows. WinSCP is commonly used by power users to upload files to web servers. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and .NET assembly to automate file transfer tasks.

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer.

WinSCP is commonly used by power users to upload files to web servers.

WinSCP can be used to automate file transfer tasks, either using basic scripting interface or, for advanced tasks, using .NET assembly.

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how do I perform a file transfer using remote desktop on windows 10?

I have been using remote desktop for a number years, on a number of versions of windows, most recently 8.1. Yesterday I upgraded to 10. I had to download Remote Desktop from the Windows Store. Easy enough. I managed to log into a few of my servers.…
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Why is FileZilla so much faster than PSFTP?

I'm using FileZilla 3.10.3 and PSFTP 0.63 (PuTTY). Can anyone help me figure out why the throughput I get is so drastically different between the two clients? It can't just be a shortcoming of the SFTP protocol, because FileZilla (and WinSCP) is…
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What caused a huge amount network traffic via SSH?

I have a virtual server running Ubuntu 18.04 from a well known hosting company. This morning our Fortigate Firewall logs shows that my Win10 computer transferred 3.5TB to and 6.5TB from my virtual server over 13 hours (over last night) via SSH.…
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Copying over SSH via PuTTY tools is slower than via WinSCP

Uploading from my Windows PC (1) to my Ubuntu machine (2) in another city using PuTTY tools is slow. I tested this over OpenVPN tunnel and via port forwarding to (2). It turns out that using rsync (Unison) via SSH (plink.exe) or pscp.exe is 70%…
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SFTP vs FTPS, and is an FTP server even required for SFTP?

I have an Ubuntu 16.04 instance that seems to not have FTP installed, but I can use WinSCP to connect from my local pc to the instance using protocol SFTP on port 22, and then I can download files from the instance to my local pc. The instance…
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Why is FileZilla SFTP file transfer max capped at 1.3MiB/sec instead of saturating available bandwidth? rsync and WinSCP are even slower

I'm downloading from a server and downloads are maxing out at 1.3MiB/second with FileZilla but I can start concurrent downloads and they will download at 1.3MiB/second also. So why can't I download just one file at faster than 1.3MB/s and get closer…
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How can I login amazon ec2 with root directly in putty or winscp?

0 down vote favorite 1) How can I login amazon ec2 with root directly in putty?? each time i need to su - root first and change to root...is there any other ways?? 2) How can I login amazon ec2 with root directly in winscp or filezilla?? since i…
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WinSCP - SCP is working and SFTP is not working

I am trying to connect to our remote server using winSCP. It was working before. But from today I am not able to connect to the server using SFTP. If I changed the protocol to SCP, then I am able to connect. Also I am able to connect using…
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linux timestamp permission error with winscp

I added a user to a group and set the file and dir content to 775. When i use winscp to modify a file it complains it cant set the timestamp bc of a permission error. But it is able to update the file i edit. Why? details on how i set the user is…
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WinSCP General failure uploading

I am trying to successfully upload a Multi Drupal site source code onto my var/www/html/ directory. So far, I have uploaded everything but the sites folder. When I do try to upload it, it gets up to about 70-75 percent and then prompts this error…
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Getting "Received too large SFTP packet" error when connecting with root account to the server via WinSCP

I've tried different ways and read some solutions including these: Why I am not able to ssh as root? Editing with Winscp And an article from Forum of Ubuntu I don't understand why when I connect with ubuntu via PuTTY, I can have root permission…
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Able to connect to server with winscp but unable to connect with filezilla

I am unable to connect to the server with filezilla but with winscp I am able to connect. Both filezilla and winscp connect using port 22. Why is filezilla unable to connect to the server?
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vsftpd ssl (tls) fatal: protocol version

I'm trying to configure vsftpd. As for ftp it works pretty well, but for ssl it's causing errors and actually I cant connect to ftp by using ssl. Here's WinSCP log for connection: Server asks for authentication with a client certificate. Using…
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Setting up public key authentication to Linux server from Windows (ppk private key)

I created a public and private key using PuTTYgen and copied the public key to .ssh/authorized_keys under my user account. Then I try to specify the private key when trying to log in, but apparently it doesn't pick it up and keep asking for the…
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Using sudo in WinSCP

I need to update httpd.conf in /usr/local/apache/conf path. I have generated SSH key in cpanel, and selected it in Advanced options in SSH/Authentication section. Also I have tried two different SCP/Shell options in this section (default,…
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