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Linux / Unix Command: sftp-server
Command Library

NAME

sftp-server - SFTP server subsystem  

SYNOPSIS

sftp-server  

DESCRIPTION

sftp-server is a program that speaks the server side of SFTP protocol to stdout and expects client requests from stdin. sftp-server is not intended to be called directly, but from sshd(8) using the Subsystem option. See sshd(8) for more information.  

SEE ALSO

sftp(1), ssh(1), sshd(8)
T. Ylonen S. Lehtinen "SSH File Transfer Protocol" draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt January 2001 work in progress material
 

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