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Wait!!!, I always thought SFTP was just FTP server with SSL. Wow, thanks!

• abeyer 4y ago
  SFTP is totally different from FTP (and FTPS) -- it's an ssh protocol extension, and is commonly enabled and served by your sshd.
• palunon 4y ago
  Not at all, SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol, an SSH2 protocol extension) doesn't have anything to with FTP (outside of the name), and only require an ssh server that supports it - OpenSSH does for example. You might be confusing it with FTPS (FTP Secure, or FTP over SSL/TLS). (To add to the confusion, there are some FTP servers that also support SFTP - so they act as SSH servers)
• bityard 4y ago
  Yeah, SFTP is a silly name because it has no relation to FTP. You're thinking of FTPS which is FTP+TLS.
• npteljes 4y ago
  It's reasonable to be confused. SFTP is both Simple File Transfer Protocol, and later Secure File Transfer Protocol, and also there is FTPS, which would be FTP over SSL.