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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
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Connecting to the Server
- Where do I get username and password?
- WinSCP gives warning that the server’s host key is not cached in the registry. What does it mean?
- I receive “Received too large (??? B) SFTP packet” on login. What is wrong?
- I click on “Login” button, program starts connecting, but then it displays some error message and quits. What I’m doing wrong?
- Where should I type IP address of my remote host?
- Can I use WinSCP with OpenSSH for Windows?
Transfering Files
- Can I transfer files between two remote servers with WinSCP (FXP)?
- When I drop files outside of WinSCP, they are moved to drop target. I want to copy them. How do I do that?
- File transfer speed is very low. WinSCP does not utilize all available bandwidth. How do I improve the transfer speed?
- Downloaded files are stored first to temporary directory and only after that, they are moved to destination directory. How do I prevent storing files to temporary directory?
- I need to overwrite remote file that isn’t owner by me, but I’m member of its group. File has write permission for group. After transfer I get message like “Upload of file <filename> was successful, but error occurred while setting the permissions and/or timestamp”
- Where can I change file transfer mode (binary, ascii) or enable auto-select transfer mode option?
- I need to upload files to my server automatically at specified time. Can it be done using WinSCP?
- Why is the timestamp of uploaded/downloaded file different from the timestamp of source file?
Configuring the Session
- How can I configure default local or remote directory for session?
- How do I store session, so I don’t need to fill in all login information every time I start WinSCP?
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Miscellaneous
- How do I change a user after login (e.g. su root)?
- How do I know if the connection is secure?
- Can I have local directory in both panels (turn WinSCP into file manager)?
- What do direction options (local, remote, both) for Synchronisation mean?
- During synchronisation all files are transfered. How do I make WinSCP transfer changed files only?
- How do I transfer my settings to another computer? How do I import/export my settings?
- What command-line parameters can be used with WinSCP?
- How to keep user in specified directory on server? (chrooted session)
- Only scp2 is allowed on our server. Is it possible to make WinSCP use it instead of scp1?
- Why selecting file in WinSCP does not work as I expect (as is usual in Windows)?