[ale] sftp, and rsync like ability

[Jerry Yu]

not really, the server admin could have configured it to be SFTP only, i.e.,
to disallow regular ssh (shell access). I've done that before with. openssh
on Redhat. Here is a googled debian admin how-to:
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/94


On 5/4/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> David Corbin wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 May 2006 09:58 am, Todd Pike wrote:
> >> rsync allows you to tunnel through ssh rather than rsh.  Look at the
> >> (--rsh/-e) option to rsync.  The destination does not have to be
> running
> >> rsyncd but does need the rsync command available.
> >>
> >> A quick google on "rsync ssh" will give several tutorials.
> >>
> >> todd..
> >>
> >
> > I said sftp was the only file access I had, which is not true.  I can
> copy
> > files with scp (though no general ssh is available).  But sftp is the
> only
> > way to remove files.
>
> Huh?  this:
>
> ssh user at host rm -f /home/user/blah.txt
>
> works for me.
>
> If you can sftp, then you can ssh, right?
>
> -Jim P.
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