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| Unlike SCP, for connection with an SFTP server you do not need access to shell (although some implementations may still require that). | Unlike SCP, for connection with an SFTP server you do not need access to shell (although some implementations may still require that). | ||
| - | **SCP ===== [[scp]] SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) =====** | + | ===== [[scp]] SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) ===== |
| - | ·····copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1) for data | + | SCP is mostly used with SSH-1. SCP is an older protocol but almost universally supported on Unix-like platforms as part of an SSH protocol suite. It is rarely supported on other platforms. SCP is a descendant of the ancient "rcp." |
| - | transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security | + | |
| - | ·····as ssh(1). Unlike rcp(1), scp will ask for passwords or passphrases if | + | |
| - | they are needed for authentication. | + | |
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| - | Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate that | + | |
| - | ·····the file is to be copied to/from that host.··Copies between two remote | + | |
| - | ·····hosts are permitted. | + | |
| + | The SCP protocol allows only file transfers in both directions. WinSCP is able to offer other features, implemented using common shell commands like ''cd'', ''ls'', ''pwd'', ''rm'', ''ln'', etc. For this, WinSCP---unlike command-line SCP clients (which allow only file transfers)---requires full shell access and permission to execute other commands in addition to ''scp'' (see [[requirements]]). For access to non-UNIX servers it is necessary that the server have at least a UNIX-like shell. | ||
| ===== [[ftp]] FTP (File Transfer Protocol) ===== | ===== [[ftp]] FTP (File Transfer Protocol) ===== | ||