Operation Manual – SSH
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 SFTP Service
2-1
Chapter 2 SFTP Service
When configuring SFTP, go to these sections for information you are interested in:
z
z
z
z
2.1 SFTP Overview
The secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) is a new feature in SSH 2.0.
SFTP uses the SSH connection to provide secure data transfer. The device can serve
as the SFTP server, allowing a remote user to login to the SFTP server for secure file
management and transfer. The device can also server as an SFTP client, enabling a
user to login from the device to a remote device for secure file transfer.
2.2 Configuring an SFTP Server
2.2.1 Configuration Prerequisites
z
You have configured the SSH server. For the detailed configuration procedure,
refer to
Configuring the Device as an SSH Server
.
z
You have used the
ssh user service-type
command to set the service type of
SSH users to
sftp
or
all
. For configuration procedure, refer to
2.2.2 Enabling the SFTP Server
This configuration task is to enable the SFTP service so that a client can login to the
SFTP server through SFTP.
Follow these steps to enable the SFTP server:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable the SFTP server
sftp server enable
Required
Disabled by default