From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 14:18:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D1010656A7 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:18:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EC1D8FC16 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:18:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz20 with SMTP id 20so5343751bwz.13 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:18:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:reply-to :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5QlZ/bqerclN7aDv0Wmm9byNA8w1Rcra5x4VwQE0Bag=; b=T9AN10lz04hxZNNwwHJm5SRf7jDSbGvt2fSJVLxaU9czy6ZtNOjQj70dv8PcCPwJ4j +3Dvm45tsygZhmKS9z+CMyfnzXaIiIbnZagONC2pUtnWfatlrGzRtRxNwaX7lY5w9QRs 4xWMhvZt95MH+TH8wKaj5unqur0A+jqOgqpwc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KiNzIEue+OqRyGpJ7qyjbR59pdsv08bkQvX0wNefQuyaHHn3baHEf2pAFrZhe0wgfm FuT2INWzfuvdr/9pSnT2mxJGry0jiojj91gJ3+O+csgmjk8FHJTQrPw9RjU34R8EisTY yywzKXvAXuYGkEHJNIifS/aXigeKXLKU8VUDI= Received: by 10.204.57.130 with SMTP id c2mr4450881bkh.110.1283264327163; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:18:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.123.78 with HTTP; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:18:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4C774AE1.2040800@infracaninophile.co.uk> From: Chris Rees Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:18:17 +0100 Message-ID: To: krad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Adam Vande More , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advantage -vs- Disadvantage: SFTP -vs- SCP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:18:48 -0000 On 31 August 2010 14:51, krad wrote: > On 30 August 2010 18:38, Adam Vande More wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:30 PM, krad wrote: >> >>> >>> sounds like =A0a bodge to me >>> >> >> Sounds like FUD to me. >> >> -- >> Adam Vande More >> > > > maybe but why install extra things when you dont have to. Because this allows people to use scp and nothing else; mooting your argume= nt: ''SFTP is better than scp if you just want to transfer files, as the users dont have to have shell access to the box to use the openssh SFTP system. [snip]'' How difficult is it to install a port, really? Do you ever run with just the base system? Chris