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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 to use sudo with WinSCP and ProFTPd?

I need to run the SFTP fileserver binary as root, but direct root login is not allowed. In WinSCP, if I use "default" on SFTP server protocol option everything works as expected. Following the instructions in sudo in WinSCP, I added adminuser ALL =…
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Why does WinSCP connect to /root and nothing else, through OpenSSH?

We set up an Amazon EC2 instance and managed to WinSCP into it by setting up WinSSHD on the server. As WinSSHD is commercial, we were looking for a free alternative and opted to try OpenSSH, which I have always heard good things about. After…
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SFTP and FileZilla - Connection closed by server with exitcode 128

This was working well until a couple of days ago. I can't recall having done anything to the server leading it to start closing the connection. Also I have no idea what exitcode 128 means, and can't find anything about it. Here's FileZilla's…
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How to download a file through (Putty) SSH

Imagine the following situation: I do not have direct SSH access to Server-A due to IP filtering restrictions. To access the server (from windows using putty), I first connect to Server-B, which has a white listed IP address, and from there SSH into…
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Transfer files using ssh

I am using ssh (WinSCP) to transfer some files from a server to my workstation. The problem is that at some files I get disconnected. Always same files. I am the owner of the directory so I guess the file permissions is not a problem. (Also I set…
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WinSCP sending a file via console?

I am using WinSCP scripting for my backups and i wanted to know how to push one file to the remote server? I would then like to execute the script, which I know how to do. It's just sending the one file, without using sync that is the problem.
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Is there a way to make scp run faster on a Mac OS X?

I'm trying to a upload a Flex generated SWF file (500 kb) from my Macbook (running Snow Leopard) using the command scp main.swf server.com:/ I had setup key authentication to prevent typing the user/pass every time. This process normally takes up…
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WinSCP and chroot problem, "A call to an OS Function Failed"

We've got a chroot environment on CentOS set up for our users to download data from. One of our users is using WinSCP and they're getting this error: "A call to an OS function failed". This link on the WinSCP Support forum raises the same issue but…
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WinSCP can't authenticate to my server using public key

I need to be able to upload files to my server on a VM instance on Google Cloud. I was following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_OQEydt3MI I've generated key via PuTTY key generator Key Comment: I've entered my Gmail address that I…
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Webdav Path Length over 256

I mounted Webdav in Windows 10 as a Network Drive Z. The Problem is that the Folder Structure and Path Length is way to deep for my Windows Explorer. https://dms-vser01:9090/ix-webdav/DMS ->…
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WinSCP connecting to CoreFTP - Server's Host Key is Invalid

I created a key with PuttyGen as shown below (and saved private and public key files): I then used that key in CoreFTP setup: I stopped/restarted CoreFTP. I am able to Telnet to port 22 from the client machine. I used the private key on the…
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Load Testing Scenario for upload/download file to/from sftp server using winscp client on Azure

We have Azure (Microsoft cloud), we have installed winscp to upload and download files to SFTP server but performance is too much low, it takes more than enough time to upload and download 50-100 MB files. After discussing with SFTP server team,…
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Domain name is opening the website but its IP address shows nginx Not found

My domain name is www.blissedmaths.com. Its IP is 159.89.162.44. while opening through blissedmaths.com, it opens. But IP address not working. Due to that, I am unable to access my droplet via WinSCP (by SSH) How can I access my droplet on the…
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WinSCP fails for one user

We use WinSCP to transfer files from our developer's (Windows) boxes to Linux boxes in the lab. This works fine for all users, except this one, poor, unfortunate developer. He can connect to all other lab machines, except the one he needs to.…
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WinSCP automatically configure runtime

I have a bastion/jump box providing WinSCP for users to carry out transfers to secured hosts. This is integrated into a privileged access management (PAM) service. I want to automate some behaviours at run time, after the authentication has…
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