Connect to fluidthoughts

I have removed telnetd (and telnet) and ftpd - which means that the daemons listening for connection from telnet and ftp are disabled for security purposes. You must use ssh and scp to connect securely. Both of these apps will encrypt your username/password and all transmissions between your client and the server, whereas telnet and ftp will not.

Download ssh and scp software

Most ssh clients have scp built-in. Here is where you'll find ssh for various platforms:

Mac OS X:

(ssh & scp) built-in, use Terminal.app
GUI client: Fugu

Mac (Classic):

(ssh & scp) NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH r3

Unix:

(ssh & scp) Portable OpenSSH

Windows:

(ssh) Putty.exe
GUI client: WinSCP

How to use scp

The syntax for using scp is nearly identical to the unix cp command:

cp location destination
scp location destination

The difference here is that you're probably working with remote machines, so you need to identify your account name, and the machine name. It will then offer you an ssh-encrypted password prompt.

scp location user@othermachine.com:destination  (push)
scp user@othermachine.com:location destination  (pull)

Optional Parameters

If your username is the same on both systems, you don't need to include the username.

The '-r' parameter is used to copy an entire directory, or you may use * to match on multiple files/directories.

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