SFTP

Relemar · July 28, 2009, 01:20:09 PM

does 2.0 have sftp support? im struggling to set up an FTP server on Ubuntu, therefore I sticking with SFTP (better anyway some reason)

tyty1234 · July 28, 2009, 03:18:35 PM

SFTP is basically the same thing as FTP, but SFTP is more secured (hence the acronym, Secured File Transfer Protocol

). It should work no matter what.

Relemar · July 30, 2009, 12:35:32 PM

it dont accept it

Reflection · July 30, 2009, 12:39:21 PM

Some server setups do not allow an SFTP connection.

Be sure to check with your hosting before you try connecting.

Relemar · July 30, 2009, 12:41:30 PM

Quote from: Reflection on July 30, 2009, 12:39:21 PM
Some server setups do not allow an SFTP connection.

Be sure to check with your hosting before you try connecting.

Im on a dedicated server

H · July 30, 2009, 03:04:28 PM

If you search the board you'll see that some people claim to have had success using SFTP if php is compiled with the openssl extension and prefix the FTP hostname with SFTP:// and changing the port number accordingly. However it is highly likely that this does not work.

Really there is no need to use FTP/SFTP in SMF. SMF only asks for these details when files are not writeable. The easiest thing to do is just chmod them through SSH / your SFTP client

Relemar · August 01, 2009, 12:52:42 PM

it wont let me do it.

H · August 01, 2009, 12:53:41 PM

Quote from: Relemar on August 01, 2009, 12:52:42 PM
it wont let me do it.

'It'? Do you mean SMF won't let you use SFTP? If so, then as I said above this is to be expected.

Why not just chmod them? Filezilla will recursively chmod via SFTP.

Relemar · August 01, 2009, 01:33:52 PM

Ive chmodded every single file to 777... every!!

and i try to install ajaxchat

H · August 01, 2009, 01:38:20 PM

SMF only uses FTP to sort out the file permissions, not to actually modify the files themselves. Something is stopping SMF from writing to the file. Under certain server configurations you need to use 775 or 755 rather than 777 for security reasons. You can also check error logs (SMF and server) to see if they have anything useful

Relemar · August 11, 2009, 09:16:02 AM

Quote from: H on August 01, 2009, 01:38:20 PM
SMF only uses FTP to sort out the file permissions, not to actually modify the files themselves. Something is stopping SMF from writing to the file. Under certain server configurations you need to use 775 or 755 rather than 777 for security reasons. You can also check error logs (SMF and server) to see if they have anything useful

everything, except a few things is 777. i cant see what the problem is, can you help>

H · August 12, 2009, 10:46:04 AM

If you want to PM me some login details (SFTP and SMF admin area) I can take a look for you

Relemar · August 13, 2009, 11:42:28 AM

Quote from: H on August 12, 2009, 10:46:04 AM
If you want to PM me some login details (SFTP and SMF admin area) I can take a look for you

Nah, its ok H. thanks for your help ,you're right its only if i need to chmod some files

thansx

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