How to Transfer SFTP Files on Linux. File Transfer Protocol client applications let you to transfer files back and forth between your computer and another computer running an FTP server application.

Many, if not most, Linux distributions can be set to start SSH automatically. Linux — like Mac OS X — by extension usually permits the machine to be used as an SFTP server if sshd is running.

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

Need to setup a temporary SFTP/SCP server so that someone can pull something down from me securely, but don't want to be giving this person Shell access. Nor do I want to give them access outside ...

If a fear of the command line has prevented you from making use of the more secure sftp, Jack Wallen wants to show you how you can easily connect to that remote server, with a simple file manager.