phpknight Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hi, I have a server but am not too good with the OS side of it. Is there a good, secure, and hopefully free(!) utility that I can use to that would do the same thing as an FTP program but securely transfer files so I can store certain backups on other computers? The server does daily backups, but I still do not trust it, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 What OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpknight Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 The server is CentOS. I am not sure if I was clear. What I really need is something like an FTP program that just allows me to grab files from anywhere on my server securely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Sounds to me like your looking for scp. You can use scp to copy files to and fro from one machine to the other. All secured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpknight Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 Okay, I looked that up. The server is CentOS, but my PC is on Vista, so I am looking for some nice GUI. From what I saw, that program seems to be command line. Let me know if I am mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 If your on windows you can use putty as an ssh client. There is also a nice windows scp on that page called pscp. ps: You really need to get used to the linux command line. especially if your remotely administering a machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpknight Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 The server is managed, but yeah, linux is an issue for me. I do use putty now, but I don't see how by using that I can transfer files to my home machine. Can you give me a few pointers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 You can't simply by using putty. But you can with pscp (on the same page as putty). Once you got pscp downloaded and placed in your system path, you need to go to run in your start menu and run cmd. This will open a terminal in windows. An example command to move all files from your home directory on linux to your local machine would be... pscp remotemachine.com:* . Take a look at the man page for scp next time your on your Linux machine for more instructions. Can I ask why you need to download these files to your local machine? its usually better not to mix files between win and linux for lots of different reasons. You are aware you can edit files in Linux via the command line? vim is a great term text editor once you get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpknight Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 Thorpe, Thanks. Yeah, I just want backups of certain things on my local machine in case something happens with the server. You can never be too safe. The server has a backup hard drive, but I am not sure I trust that. Let me know if you think I am going about this in the wrong way. I use GVim on windows, but I generally do not program directly on the linux box. I just open the file from ftp and overwrite it when I am done because it is much faster for me that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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