I was using the ftp account for one of the domains on our servers. I realized that it was was usign ftp, andnot sftp. Is there is a way to use , or force the use of sftp, port 22 is ISPConfig? Thanks Joseph
No, this makes no sense as FTP is always port 21 and that's not ISPConfig specific. SFTP and FTP are two completely different protocols and each of them has its own standard port. FTP and FTPS are FTP and handled by the FTP daemon (pure-ftpd), while SFTP is SSH, it is the SSH file transfer protocol, so it is handled by the SSH Daemon (sshd) and not the FTP daemon. If you want to use SFTP and not FTP or FTPS, then simply use SFTP, your system supports it out of the box. All you have to do is create a shell (SFTP) user in ISPConfig instead of an FTP user.
Thanks for replying even though my comprehension the names of ftp and related protocols is lacking! You mention making shell(sftp) user in ispconfig. I found a section called Shell User This is the right type of account? Once created I can use it in my ftp software and choose port 22, right? It should then tell it to use sftp, right? Thanks for your assistance. Joseph
Hi again. I tried the sftp idea and I was able to upload files to my website account. Here is where they were sent: /var/www/clients/client1/web34(which is associated with the domain I want) But, when I looked at the website via the domain, nothing showed up. I then quetsion the directory that it is in: /var/www/clients/ ??? When using ftp, it is always placed here: /var/www/name-of-website why are the files placed in different locations? Why are the not visible from the folder used for sftp, but they are from the folder the ftp uses? Thanks for any help.
The web folder is /var/www/clients/client1/web34/web and not /var/www/clients/client1/web34 They are in the exact same location, so no difference between FTP and SFTP. /var/www/name-of-website/web and /var/www/clients/client1/web34/web is the same folder.
