I've configured Apache2 for a specific directory, so that it lists all its contents over HTTP (I put +Indexesin config).
I was wondering if it is possible to list the contents of that folder from my terminal? So basically instead of opening up a browser and visiting that directory over HTTP, is it possible to do it just from terminal?
Some ideas:
use ssh to connect to the webserver: ssh user#host ls /path/to/dir; requires ssh access obviously
add a cgi script to generate the output you want in a format (test/plain) you want
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I have a text file on the server(linux) at work and now I am at home. I am a putty user. to connect to the server from home I have to connect to another server (which means I can connect to the server at work, indirectly from home) so I can't use scp command or winscp to transfer or copy my file to my computer at home. does anybody know that how I can transfer or copy my file from the server at work to my home computer(windows system)? thanks.
Since it's a text file, putty's capture feature should work for you. In putty, the capture feature is in Category Session → Logging. Just specify the local filename that you want to save the text file to on your Windows machine, then use Linux's cat command to cat the file on the remote Linux host. With capture enabled in putty, it should save the output of the cat command (i.e. the contents of the text file) to a file locally on your Windows machine.
I am a junior front-end developer and I am working on my process using command line. I would like to push my local changes to my server without having to use an FTP client like Filezilla. I am manually dragging and dropping files using the client and would like to learn how developers perform this process. I am building a static site using SiteLeaf on a Mac. Thanks in advance for help with this workflow.
If your target has SSH installed you can use SCP:
$ scp -r your_remote_user#remote_address:/path/to/save/dir /local/dir/to/transfer
This can also be used to transfer single files: just remove the -r (recursive) option and specify files path instead of directories.
I am trying to automate an application deployment as part of this I need to upload a file to a server. I have created a minimal user and configured chroot for the SFTP server but I can't work out how to upload a file non interactive.
At present I am doing scp myfile buildUser#myserver.com:newBuilds/
I tried sftp buildUser#myserver.com myfile (newBuilds is the chroot dir) but this didn't upload anything but it did connect.
The reason for favouring this aproach and NOT using scp is that its a lot more difficult to restrict scp access (from the information I have learned).
If you are using OpenSSH server, chrooting works for both SCP and SFTP.
For instructions see:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/chroot-users-with-openssh-an-easier-way-to-confine-users-to-their-home-directories/
So I believe your question is irrelevant.
Anyway, sftp (assuming OpenSSH) is not really designed for command-line-only upload. You typically use -b switch to specify batch file with put command.
sftp buildUser#myserver.com -b batchfile
With batchfile containing:
put /local/path /remote/path
If you really need command-line-only upload, see:
Single line sftp from terminal or
Using sftp like scp
So basically, you can use various forms of input redirection like:
sftp buildUser#myserver.com <<< 'put /local/path /remote/path'
Or simply use scp, instead of sftp. Most servers support both. And actually OpenSSH scp supports SFTP protocol since 8.7.
Since OpenSSH 9.0 is even uses SFTP by default. In 8.7 through 8.9, the SFTP has to be selected via -s parameter. See my answer to already mentioned Single line sftp from terminal.
You can pass inline commands to SFTP like this:
sftp -o PasswordAuthentication=no user#host <<END
lcd /path/to/local/dir
cd /path/to/remote/dir
put file
END
I resolved this issue by approaching it from a different side. I tried configuring chroot for sftp but could not get this to work. My solution was to use rssh and only allow scp. This works for me because the user I am trying to restrict is known and authenticated user.
Netbean is great and I use it with FTP remote connection all the time. However, one of my client currently only have a SSH connection. Is there anyway to connect to it and up/down files?
Like it was mentioned, SFTP is supported in Netbeans by default.
So select "remote connection" in your project's run configuration and use your SSH connection information (host, login and pass). You don't have to provide any private key file.
I've had luck using sshfs (ssh file system) on ubuntu. I create created a mount folder in my home folder and run the following
$ sshfs domain\\user#server:/path/to/remote/folder ~/mount/local-mount-point
From there I start a new (or existing) project in Netbeans at that local folder ~/mount/local-mount-point
For a nicer set up, do a key exchange between your local box and the server (ssh-copy-id) for password-less ssh connections. Then, put the above command line in your .bashrc file.
I do the same as Richard.
In general is easier just to mount the remote filesystem and use netbeans in the mounted directory.
I just do the following :
sudo sshfs -o allow_other root#www.khosmos.com:/var/www/html /mnt/droplet/
I use to navigate my remote servers with ssh. Sometimes i would like to download a file to open in my computer.
But the only way i know how to do it is to open a new command line window and use scp from local to remote.
is there a way to do this directly from the ssh server?
like a command that know my current ip so can set up everything automatically?
(wonderful would also be to do the upload in such a way...)
There is no easy way to do it - I used ssh & scp many years the way you just described. But, you may configure ssh & scp in such a way that they don't require password each time, which is very comfortable! For this, you need:
generate keys by ssh-keygen - they can be also passphrase (= password) protected
copy the keys to remote machine to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
And then, each time you start a session, you run ssh-agent and ssh-add. You just enter the password once. And then you can just run scp/ssh many times, from scripts, etc., without the need to enter the password each time!
I don't remember the exact way how to configure all this, but have a look at manpages of all those useful tools! Many things can be automatized by placing them into ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc files.
I found this while trying to answer your question for myself:
https://askubuntu.com/a/13586/137980
Just install zssh and use Ctrl-# to go into file transfer mode.