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c/linuxmint · by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1y

WinSCP replacement

Hi guys, I'm preparing to migrate to Linux soon and I wanted to know what's the replacement for winscp program on linux. It's an gui app for running SCP connections and running ftp, SFTP server

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Zachariah@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

FileZilla client

OpenSSH server (no gui)

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

Thanks Filezilla is what I was looking for. It seems like it doesn't support SCP (saw in comments in alternativeto) but it's fine for now I really needed SFTP

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The built in SSH server will handle the SFTP server for you.

For a GUI program I typically just use Filezilla. It might do SCP (haven't tried) but it definitely does SFTP and has a good enough GUI. Plus it's cross platform so you get the same mediocre ass UI everywhere.

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Great thank you

MarauderIIC@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Mint's default file browser has a "connect" menu option that allows you to drag and drop like WinSCP - the only difference is you have to open a second window. You can even bookmark the remote connection. It probably supports SFTP, but I can't check right now.

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

You mean I can connect and browse sftp/ftp servers with just default file browser? Amazing

Prime@lemmy.sdf.org · 0 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I use sshfs and smb and cifs

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Can you elaborate please what's smb and cifs?

Prime@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y

SMB is the linux version of Windows File Sharing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(software) It is rather easy to use. Check out the manual, it is long but actually good. On linux, use smbclient to mount a remote share. It's also quite easy to set up servers that can be accessed from both Windows and Linux, with lots of options on how to handle/simplify permissions.

CIFS is something similar that seems to be faster, but I've only used it as a client. On Windows, WinSCP works great with it. On linux you can use mount CIFS remote directories locally like this: mount -t cifs //HOSTNAME/REMOTEPATH LOCALPATH -o username=USERNAME,domain=DOMAIN.

Ask google or a good LLM for the details on this stuff :)