There are a few cases when you have to use ftp instead of scp. Like transferring files to and from an VM/CMS system. ssh is not implemented on VM, more's the pity.
"Great Minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." - Admiral Hyman Rickover Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)856-5940 VM Enterprise Servers, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Post, Mark K > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Changing runlevels etc > > Use scp, not ftp. The ftp protocol is just as insecure as telnet. There > are ftp with ssl implementations, but they're not in very wide use yet. The > scp command comes with the OpenSSH package, and provides fully encrypted > data transfer, along with secure and encrypted user authentication. > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Duerbusch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Changing runlevels etc > > > Is that also why I can't ftp with root? If so, then I guess I need to > set up another ID with full directory/file authority "777 I think". > When I ftp something to Linux, I want it to go where I want it to go. > (too use to logging on as root). > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting > > > If you're *running* sshd, then SSH into the box. *DON'T* telnet and > then su! You're sending the root password over the wire in cleartext > if > you do that. That's WHY you can't telnet in as root! > > Adam > >
