SFTP PUT

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi,

ServerA (SFTP server)
ServerB (SFTP client)

ServerB:> sftp user@ServerA
ServerB:> put sample.txt
ServerB:> get sample2.txt

My question is that which machine will encrypt the sample.txt and sample2.txt files.

Thanks

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Ideally the file is encrypted on source server and decrypted on destination server.

So in your case ServerB will encrypt sample.txt and ServerA will encrypt sample2.txt

3

So even a "SFTP client" can encrypt the outgoing file?

4

SFTP doesn't encrypt, there have to be an encryption tool like pgp gpg or any 3rd party encryption, which are used to encrypt files first and transfer later

5

Thanks Shailesh.
Another doubt I have is that can ServerA (SFTP server) initiate an SFTP connection to ServerB (Client)...something like:

ServerA:> sftp user2@ServerB

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only possible if sftp services are running on your client server too

7

Okies...in that case ServerB will act as SFTP server...am I making sense here.

8

yes :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your time and quick responses Shailesh.