On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Niels M�ller wrote:
> sftp doesn't have much to do with the good old ftp protocol. I'm
> talking about the sftp program and protocol that comes with
> Datafellow's ssh2. I haven't looked closer at it as I don't use ssh2.
I know. A long time ago I looked at the SSHv2/sftp code and IIRC this
has the usual ftp client interface and uses a boiled down FTP
protocol. But I may be wrong.
> But I do think that using a special ssh "subsystem" for ftp is a
> better approach than to wrap it around the ssh-connection subsystem.
Agreed.
> I don't have much experience with rsync, but is there any reason you
> can't just replace the rsh program it uses? I use cvs over ssh for
export RSYNC_RSH=ssh
My point here is that rsync is just a tool like scp and you can't use
it intercatively like a ftp client. An interactive tools has the
advantage that you can leave the connection open and browse the remote
site. The rsync protocol has all the features you need to make an
advanced FTP like system.
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