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Re: sftp removing writable bit

Thorsten Kampe wrote:

> > No, that's ftps.  sftp is a protocol on top of a ssh session like scp.
> 
> Aah, you mean I'm only dreaming when I connect to my ssh server with
> my favourite commandline FTP clients like lftp and yafc? Time to stop
> taking all these heavy hallucinogens...

Sigh.  No, it means those particular ftp clients ALSO happen to support
sftp.  It does not mean any old regular ftp client can be used, which is
what you were implying.

Brian

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