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== | ==About the Tool== | ||
Total Commander doesn't have an SFTP client (secure FTP connection). Even though there is an SFTP plugin by Martin Kanich and Hans-Jürgen Petrich (SFTP for TotalCMD), the implementation isn't mature and the development has been discontinued. | Total Commander doesn't have an SFTP client (secure FTP connection). Even though there is an SFTP plugin by Martin Kanich and Hans-Jürgen Petrich (SFTP for TotalCMD), the implementation isn't mature and the development has been discontinued. | ||
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'''Note:''' Since version 7 Total Commander supports FTP'''S''' (SSL/TLS) based on OpenSSL. However, this isn't compatible to '''S'''FTP which is based on SSH. SFTP constitutes the background to this article. | '''Note:''' Since version 7 Total Commander supports FTP'''S''' (SSL/TLS) based on OpenSSL. However, this isn't compatible to '''S'''FTP which is based on SSH. SFTP constitutes the background to this article. | ||
==Tips for Configuring== | |||
You can set-up Tunnelier and Total Commander to comfortably establish an (S)FTP connection to the desired server with the Start menu. Total Commander calls the Tunnelier application with a profile defined before. Tunnelier then starts the FTP client in the currently running Total Commander session with a connection to the localhost (the FTP-to-SFTP bridge) after connecting to the desired server. The two applications do a ping-pong play. | You can set-up Tunnelier and Total Commander to comfortably establish an (S)FTP connection to the desired server with the Start menu. Total Commander calls the Tunnelier application with a profile defined before. Tunnelier then starts the FTP client in the currently running Total Commander session with a connection to the localhost (the FTP-to-SFTP bridge) after connecting to the desired server. The two applications do a ping-pong play. | ||
===Profile for Tunnelier=== | |||
* Tab '''Login''':<br>Enter the desired SFTP server and the user name for the login here. | * Tab '''Login''':<br>Enter the desired SFTP server and the user name for the login here. | ||
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Save the profile with a name of your choice to an arbitrary directory (e.g. MyProfile.tlp). | Save the profile with a name of your choice to an arbitrary directory (e.g. MyProfile.tlp). | ||
===Start Menu Entry for Total Commander=== | |||
* '''Command''': Calling Tunnelier.exe | * '''Command''': Calling Tunnelier.exe | ||
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==Web Links== | |||
* Web site of the Bitvise corporation: [http://www.bitvise.com/ Bitvise Home Page] | * Web site of the Bitvise corporation: [http://www.bitvise.com/ Bitvise Home Page] | ||
* Web site of the project SFTP for TotalCMD: [http://developer.berlios.de/projects/sftp4tc/ BerliOS Developer: Project Info - SFTP for TotalCMD] | * Web site of the project SFTP for TotalCMD: [http://developer.berlios.de/projects/sftp4tc/ BerliOS Developer: Project Info - SFTP for TotalCMD] |
Revision as of 13:47, 26 March 2008
About the Tool
Total Commander doesn't have an SFTP client (secure FTP connection). Even though there is an SFTP plugin by Martin Kanich and Hans-Jürgen Petrich (SFTP for TotalCMD), the implementation isn't mature and the development has been discontinued.
Tunnelier includes a so called FTP-to-SFTP Bridge (beside other features that are based on SSH). It establishes a secured connection to the desired SFTP server. Total Commander then can use its normal FTP client to access this connection (via localhost = 127.0.0.1). Tunnelier translates between the FTP and the SFTP protocol.
The program is free for individual use, as well as for limited use inside organizations.
Note: Since version 7 Total Commander supports FTPS (SSL/TLS) based on OpenSSL. However, this isn't compatible to SFTP which is based on SSH. SFTP constitutes the background to this article.
Tips for Configuring
You can set-up Tunnelier and Total Commander to comfortably establish an (S)FTP connection to the desired server with the Start menu. Total Commander calls the Tunnelier application with a profile defined before. Tunnelier then starts the FTP client in the currently running Total Commander session with a connection to the localhost (the FTP-to-SFTP bridge) after connecting to the desired server. The two applications do a ping-pong play.
Profile for Tunnelier
- Tab Login:
Enter the desired SFTP server and the user name for the login here. - Tab Options, area On Login:
In the field Execute Total Commander is executed with FTP access to localhost (command line parameter: "/o /l=ftp://localhost"). You may want to deactivate the options Open Terminal, Open SFTP, and Open Remote Desktop. - Tab Options, option Logout when session activity is over:
Tunnelier closes the SSH connection to the server after you quit the FTP connection in Total Commander. - Tab Services, area FTP-to-SFTP Bridge:
The option Enabled activates the FTP-to-SFTP bridge. All other settings may be left as they are.
Save the profile with a name of your choice to an arbitrary directory (e.g. MyProfile.tlp).
Start Menu Entry for Total Commander
- Command: Calling Tunnelier.exe
- Parameters: -profile=MyProfile.tlp -loginOnStartup -exitOnDisconnect
Tunnelier is called with the profile saved before (the path to the profile is not indicated here, see below). When started, Tunnelier shows a login dialog. The application is quit after closing the FTP and the SSH connection. - Start path: Contains the path to the directory where the Tunnelier profile (MyProfile.tlp) resides.
Web Links
- Web site of the Bitvise corporation: Bitvise Home Page
- Web site of the project SFTP for TotalCMD: BerliOS Developer: Project Info - SFTP for TotalCMD
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