Secure FTP server with CentOS

[MisterESauce]

hey everybody, i'm trying to set up a secure ftp server in linux that can be accessed by clients using windows xp. i've installed centos and gotten far enough to be able to log in to itself using "sftp myusername@localhost". my question is how to get a standard windows xp install to be able to connect over the lan (and eventually wan). any ideas?

thanks much!

 

[n0cmonkey]

You don't. You need a 3rd party program to access sFTP.

 

[MisterESauce]

ah, that's kind of what i thought... windows doesn't support sftp at all, huh?

well i've tried installing SSHWindows on my xp machine but when i try to connect to the linux box (with "sftp username@ipaddress) i get "No route to host", which is odd because they're on the same subnet and "tracert ipaddress" works fine. also when i use the same command from the linux box i can connect to the xp machine just fine. is there some issue with my sshd_config file maybe?

 

[kamper]

I like putty... or winscp

 

[n0cmonkey]

It might be something with your sshd_config file, tough to tell. The error is more network oriented though.

 

[MisterESauce]

it does sound like a network error... but there's clearly a physical route to the host because "ping" and "tracert" find it just fine...