Re: using ssh to tunnel a ftp connection

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 10:20:01AM +0000, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i have a problem using ssh to tunnel ftp. I tried using it from a
> winbox to connect to a linux server running sshd en wu-ftpd.

Wouldn't using lftp with the fish protocol eliminate the need of a
ssh-tunnel?

lftp fish://user@serverwithsshd.running

Then you don't even need an ftp-server on the other side.

Regards.
Johann
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