[X-Unix] Setting up an SFTP server? Or possibly an SSH option?

[Christian Huldt]

30 aug 2005 kl. 06.10 skrev Rad Craig:

> I am trying to setup an SFTP server to download copies of our  
> website backups.  We make a full backup once a week, just over 2GB  
> right now.
>
> My webhost builds the backup archive and will send it to a remote  
> FTP/SFTP server.  I need to do this because when I make a backup,  
> it nearly pushes me over our quota on the website and makes my mail  
> server act up.  I have to use SFTP because of the 2GB limit of FTP.
>
> I would also be open to using SSH and some form of secure copy.  I  
> know very little about UNIX, so I'm looking for some help.  It  
> doesn't have to be completely automated, but that would be very  
> nice, to write a script.  I have SSH access to my web host.
>
> So I'm looking for some help from the UNIX gurus out there to help  
> me accomplish this.  I at least need a way to have the download  
> sent manually to an SFTP server running on my OSX box, or better  
> yet, some type of automated script to do this once a week, to fetch  
> a backup off of my webhost. I can probably talk to them about  
> helping me with a script and cron job to build the backup archive  
> once a week.
>
> I have read that there is a built in SFTP server in OSX, but I have  
> no idea how to configure it.  I tried CrushFTP today and got it to  
> connect and login, but when the download tried to start, I got a  
> "550 Access not allowed" error, then I remembered the 2GB limit for  
> FTP, so I am guessing that was the cause because everything else  
> seemed to be setup correctly, it got through my firewall, logged in  
> successfully, etc.  So I have that part done right.
>
> Can someone help me please?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

The sftp server in Mac OS X gets started by default started when you  
start sshd (and if I'm wrong, it's usually just takes un-commenting  
the last line of sshd_config).

Christian Huldt
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