POLL: GUI FTP client or console FTP client

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
What? That's all I get?

SmartFTP says something about ftp via ssl, is that the same as this sftp you're all talking about?

sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp(1), which
performs all operations over an encrypted ssh(1) transport. It may also
use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and compres-
sion. sftp connects and logs into the specified host, then enters an in-
teractive command mode.

From the OpenBSD sftp man page.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
GUI if I'm using Windows, CLI if I'm I'm using Unix, Linux, or DOS. I use a GUI program for my FTP server too because I like to monitor it. That's the one thing that made me switch from BSD to 2k for my FTP server, because I couldn't find a decent GUI program or parser to monitor my server with. 🙁

What do you need to monitor that requires a gui?

 

[GTaudiophile]

I use WinSCP2 for SSL FTP. It's not as flexible as other, less secure FTP programs, but it gets the job done.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I use WinSCP2 for SSL FTP. It's not as flexible as other, less secure FTP programs, but it gets the job done.

SecureFX rocks, but its not free.

 

[stev0]

smart ftp 🙂

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
GUI if I'm using Windows, CLI if I'm I'm using Unix, Linux, or DOS. I use a GUI program for my FTP server too because I like to monitor it. That's the one thing that made me switch from BSD to 2k for my FTP server, because I couldn't find a decent GUI program or parser to monitor my server with. 🙁

What do you need to monitor that requires a gui?

I suppose I don't NEED it, however it does make it a lot easier to monitor than any of the others I have seen. (ProFTP for instance) I'm using G6 right now, do you have any reccomendations for decent servers?

 

[thawolfman]

Leap FTP

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
GUI if I'm using Windows, CLI if I'm I'm using Unix, Linux, or DOS. I use a GUI program for my FTP server too because I like to monitor it. That's the one thing that made me switch from BSD to 2k for my FTP server, because I couldn't find a decent GUI program or parser to monitor my server with. 🙁

What do you need to monitor that requires a gui?

I suppose I don't NEED it, however it does make it a lot easier to monitor than any of the others I have seen. (ProFTP for instance) I'm using G6 right now, do you have any reccomendations for decent servers?

I am just wondering what you want to monitor. Without that, it would be tough for me to look at some of the good ftp servers out there and make a recommendation 😉

I would use pureftp or proftp myself. But I hate ftp and stick to scp for the most part.

 

[adlep]

A great place to start might be the correct forum.

😀 😉

 

[BatmanNate]

Basically I just like to monitor which IP is associated with a given user, how much bandwidth they're using, what commands they are issuing, and their download/upload patterns. I haven't read much about the FTP over SSH deal you were talking about, that could be an option if the client supports it I suppose.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Basically I just like to monitor which IP is associated with a given user, how much bandwidth they're using, what commands they are issuing, and their download/upload patterns. I haven't read much about the FTP over SSH deal you were talking about, that could be an option if the client supports it I suppose.

I dont know of any that really allow a lot of spying on the user. mrtg might give you some good stats on bandwidth usage, but I dont know for sure.

 

[wicktron]

FlashFXP is my favorite FTP client.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Basically I just like to monitor which IP is associated with a given user, how much bandwidth they're using, what commands they are issuing, and their download/upload patterns. I haven't read much about the FTP over SSH deal you were talking about, that could be an option if the client supports it I suppose.

based on what you're saying, im thinking glftpd would be perfect for you

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Basically I just like to monitor which IP is associated with a given user, how much bandwidth they're using, what commands they are issuing, and their download/upload patterns. I haven't read much about the FTP over SSH deal you were talking about, that could be an option if the client supports it I suppose.

based on what you're saying, im thinking glftpd would be perfect for you

Thanks for the suggestion, checking it out now.

 

[RossMAN]

GUI

FTP Explorer

Very basic, easy and probably unsecure but it gets the job done.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I can use a console FTP client, but the better GUI clients (like SmartFTP) allow for easy browsing and queueing of files.