sftp.exe examples

Setup sftp-server on host

• Add location of sftp-server.exe binary as a subsystem in sshd_config file by adding this entry:
  • Subsystem sftp sftp-server.exe
• Restart sshd.exe
  • Restart-Service sshd
• sftp-server will now be started automatically by sshd when an SFTP client connects to the host

Using sftp.exe

This example connects to the local machine (localhost) as the user test1, and downloads/uploads some files.

sftp test1@localhost                       //login to local machine using test1 username
sftp -i .ssh/id_rsa test1@remotehost       //login using .ssh/id_rsa public key pair
pwd                                        //show current remote directory
lpwd                                       //show current local directory
cd /tests                                  //changed to remote directory c:/tests
get file1.txt                              //download file1.txt from remote system to local directory
put file2.txt                              //upload the file to remote system from the current local directory
exit