<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;" id="sftp"> <title>sftp</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Ferdinand.Gassauer; &Ferdinand.Gassauer.mail;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> </articleinfo> <para><acronym>SFTP</acronym> is a Secure file transfer protocol. <command>sftp</command> is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp, but it performs all operations over an encrypted <command>ssh</command> transport. It may use many of the features of <command>ssh</command>, including public key authentication and compression.</para> <para> See the manual: <ulink url="man:/sftp">sftp</ulink>. </para> </article>