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 .Dd February 4, 2001
 .Dt SFTP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm sftp
 .Nd secure file transfer program
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm sftp
 .Bk -words
 .Op Fl 1Cv
 .Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
 .Op Fl b Ar batchfile
 .Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
 .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
 .Op Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
 .Op Fl R Ar num_requests
 .Op Fl S Ar program
 .Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
 .Ar host
 .Ek
 .Nm sftp
 .Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
 .Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar file Oo
 .Ar file Oc Oc Oc
 .Nm sftp
 .Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
 .Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
 .Oo Ar / Oc Oc Oc
 .Nm sftp
 .Fl b Ar batchfile
 .Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
 .Xr ftp 1 ,
 which performs all operations over an encrypted
 .Xr ssh 1
 transport.
 It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
 compression.
 .Nm
 connects and logs into the specified
 .Ar host ,
 then enters an interactive command mode.
 .Pp
 The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
 authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
 successful interactive authentication.
 .Pp
 The third usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
 .Pp
 The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
 .Fl b
 option.
 In such cases, it is usually necessary to configure public key authentication
 to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see
 .Xr sshd 8
 and
 .Xr ssh-keygen 1
 for details).
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl 1
 Specify the use of protocol version 1.
 .It Fl B Ar buffer_size
 Specify the size of the buffer that
 .Nm
 uses when transferring files.
 Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of higher
 memory consumption.
 The default is 32768 bytes.
 .It Fl b Ar batchfile
 Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
 .Ar batchfile
 instead of
 .Em stdin .
 Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
 non-interactive authentication.
 A
 .Ar batchfile
 of
 .Sq \-
 may be used to indicate standard input.
 .Nm
 will abort if any of the following
 commands fail:
 .Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
 .Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
 .Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , chgrp , lpwd
 and
 .Ic lmkdir .
 Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
 prefixing the command with a
 .Sq \-
 character (for example,
 .Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) .
 .It Fl C
 Enables compression (via ssh's
 .Fl C
 flag).
 .It Fl F Ar ssh_config
 Specifies an alternative
 per-user configuration file for
 .Xr ssh 1 .
 This option is directly passed to
 .Xr ssh 1 .
 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
 Can be used to pass options to
 .Nm ssh
 in the format used in
 .Xr ssh_config 5 .
 This is useful for specifying options
 for which there is no separate
 .Nm sftp
 command-line flag.
 For example, to specify an alternate port use:
 .Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
 For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
 .Xr ssh_config 5 .
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
 .It AddressFamily
 .It BatchMode
 .It BindAddress
 .It ChallengeResponseAuthentication
 .It CheckHostIP
 .It Cipher
 .It Ciphers
 .It Compression
 .It CompressionLevel
 .It ConnectionAttempts
 .It ConnectionTimeout
 .It GlobalKnownHostsFile
 .It GSSAPIAuthentication
 .It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
 .It Host
 .It HostbasedAuthentication
 .It HostKeyAlgorithms
 .It HostKeyAlias
 .It HostName
 .It IdentityFile
 .It IdentitiesOnly
 .It LogLevel
 .It MACs
 .It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
 .It NumberOfPasswordPrompts
 .It PasswordAuthentication
 .It Port
 .It PreferredAuthentications
 .It Protocol
 .It ProxyCommand
 .It PubkeyAuthentication
 .It RhostsRSAAuthentication
 .It RSAAuthentication
 .It ServerAliveInterval
 .It ServerAliveCountMax
 .It SmartcardDevice
 .It StrictHostKeyChecking
 .It TCPKeepAlive
 .It UsePrivilegedPort
 .It User
 .It UserKnownHostsFile
 .It VerifyHostKeyDNS
 .El
 .It Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
 Connect directly to a local sftp server
 (rather than via
 .Xr ssh 1 )
 This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
 .It Fl R Ar num_requests
 Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time.
 Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed
 but will increase memory usage.
 The default is 16 outstanding requests.
 .It Fl S Ar program
 Name of the
 .Ar program
 to use for the encrypted connection.
 The program must understand
 .Xr ssh 1
 options.
 .It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
 Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
 on the remote host.
 A path is useful for using
 .Nm
 over protocol version 1, or when the remote
 .Xr sshd 8
 does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
 .It Fl v
 Raise logging level.
 This option is also passed to ssh.
 .El
 .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
 Once in interactive mode,
 .Nm
 understands a set of commands similar to those of
 .Xr ftp 1 .
 Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
 contain spaces.
 .Bl -tag -width "lmdir path"
 .It Ic bye
 Quit
 .Nm sftp .
 .It Ic cd Ar path
 Change remote directory to
 .Ar path .
 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
 Change group of file
 .Ar path
 to
 .Ar grp .
 .Ar grp
 must be a numeric GID.
 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
 Change permissions of file
 .Ar path
 to
 .Ar mode .
 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
 Change owner of file
 .Ar path
 to
 .Ar own .
 .Ar own
 must be a numeric UID.
 .It Ic exit
 Quit
 .Nm sftp .
 .It Xo Ic get
 .Op Ar flags
 .Ar remote-path
 .Op Ar local-path
 .Xc
 Retrieve the
 .Ar remote-path
 and store it on the local machine.
 If the local
 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
 remote machine.
 If the
 .Fl P
 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
 copied too.
 .It Ic help
 Display help text.
 .It Ic lcd Ar path
 Change local directory to
 .Ar path .
 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
 Display local directory listing of either
 .Ar path
 or current directory if
 .Ar path
 is not specified.
 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
 Create local directory specified by
 .Ar path .
 .It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
 Create a symbolic link from
 .Ar oldpath
 to
 .Ar newpath .
 .It Ic lpwd
 Print local working directory.
 .It Xo Ic ls
 .Op Ar flags
 .Op Ar path
 .Xc
 Display remote directory listing of either
 .Ar path
 or current directory if
 .Ar path
 is not specified.
 If the
 .Fl l
 flag is specified, then display additional details including permissions
 and ownership information.
 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
 Set local umask to
 .Ar umask .
 .It Ic mkdir Ar path
 Create remote directory specified by
 .Ar path .
 .It Ic progress
 Toggle display of progress meter.
 .It Xo Ic put
 .Op Ar flags
 .Ar local-path
 .Op Ar remote-path
 .Xc
 Upload
 .Ar local-path
 and store it on the remote machine.
 If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has
 on the local machine.
 If the
 .Fl P
 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
 copied too.
 .It Ic pwd
 Display remote working directory.
 .It Ic quit
 Quit
 .Nm sftp .
 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
 Rename remote file from
 .Ar oldpath
 to
 .Ar newpath .
 .It Ic rm Ar path
 Delete remote file specified by
 .Ar path .
 .It Ic rmdir Ar path
 Remove remote directory specified by
 .Ar path .
 .It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
 Create a symbolic link from
 .Ar oldpath
 to
 .Ar newpath .
 .It Ic version
 Display the
 .Nm
 protocol version.
 .It Ic \&! Ar command
 Execute
 .Ar command
 in local shell.
 .It Ic \&!
 Escape to local shell.
 .It Ic \&?
 Synonym for help.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ftp 1 ,
 .Xr scp 1 ,
 .Xr ssh 1 ,
 .Xr ssh-add 1 ,
 .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
 .Xr ssh_config 5 ,
 .Xr sftp-server 8 ,
 .Xr sshd 8
 .Rs
 .%A T. Ylonen
 .%A S. Lehtinen
 .%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
 .%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
 .%D January 2001
 .%O work in progress material
 .Re
	.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.52 2004/03/05 10:53:58 markus Exp $
	.\"
	.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller. All rights reserved.
	.\"
	.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
	.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
	.\" are met:
	.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
	.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
	.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
	.\"
	.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
	.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
	.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
	.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
	.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
	.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
	.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
	.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
	.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
	.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
	.\"
	.Dd February 4, 2001
	.Dt SFTP 1
	.Os
	.Sh NAME
	.Nm sftp
	.Nd secure file transfer program
	.Sh SYNOPSIS
	.Nm sftp
	.Bk -words
	.Op Fl 1Cv
	.Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
	.Op Fl b Ar batchfile
	.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
	.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
	.Op Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
	.Op Fl R Ar num_requests
	.Op Fl S Ar program
	.Op Fl s Ar subsystem \| sftp_server
	.Ar host
	.Ek
	.Nm sftp
	.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
	.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar file Oo
	.Ar file Oc Oc Oc
	.Nm sftp
	.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
	.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
	.Oo Ar / Oc Oc Oc
	.Nm sftp
	.Fl b Ar batchfile
	.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host
	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	.Nm
	is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
	.Xr ftp 1 ,
	which performs all operations over an encrypted
	.Xr ssh 1
	transport.
	It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
	compression.
	.Nm
	connects and logs into the specified
	.Ar host ,
	then enters an interactive command mode.
	.Pp
	The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
	authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
	successful interactive authentication.
	.Pp
	The third usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
	.Pp
	The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
	.Fl b
	option.
	In such cases, it is usually necessary to configure public key authentication
	to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see
	.Xr sshd 8
	and
	.Xr ssh-keygen 1
	for details).
	The options are as follows:
	.Bl -tag -width Ds
	.It Fl 1
	Specify the use of protocol version 1.
	.It Fl B Ar buffer_size
	Specify the size of the buffer that
	.Nm
	uses when transferring files.
	Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of higher
	memory consumption.
	The default is 32768 bytes.
	.It Fl b Ar batchfile
	Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
	.Ar batchfile
	instead of
	.Em stdin .
	Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
	non-interactive authentication.
	A
	.Ar batchfile
	of
	.Sq \-
	may be used to indicate standard input.
	.Nm
	will abort if any of the following
	commands fail:
	.Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
	.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
	.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , chgrp , lpwd
	and
	.Ic lmkdir .
	Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
	prefixing the command with a
	.Sq \-
	character (for example,
	.Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) .
	.It Fl C
	Enables compression (via ssh's
	.Fl C
	flag).
	.It Fl F Ar ssh_config
	Specifies an alternative
	per-user configuration file for
	.Xr ssh 1 .
	This option is directly passed to
	.Xr ssh 1 .
	.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
	Can be used to pass options to
	.Nm ssh
	in the format used in
	.Xr ssh_config 5 .
	This is useful for specifying options
	for which there is no separate
	.Nm sftp
	command-line flag.
	For example, to specify an alternate port use:
	.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
	For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
	.Xr ssh_config 5 .
	.Pp
	.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
	.It AddressFamily
	.It BatchMode
	.It BindAddress
	.It ChallengeResponseAuthentication
	.It CheckHostIP
	.It Cipher
	.It Ciphers
	.It Compression
	.It CompressionLevel
	.It ConnectionAttempts
	.It ConnectionTimeout
	.It GlobalKnownHostsFile
	.It GSSAPIAuthentication
	.It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
	.It Host
	.It HostbasedAuthentication
	.It HostKeyAlgorithms
	.It HostKeyAlias
	.It HostName
	.It IdentityFile
	.It IdentitiesOnly
	.It LogLevel
	.It MACs
	.It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
	.It NumberOfPasswordPrompts
	.It PasswordAuthentication
	.It Port
	.It PreferredAuthentications
	.It Protocol
	.It ProxyCommand
	.It PubkeyAuthentication
	.It RhostsRSAAuthentication
	.It RSAAuthentication
	.It ServerAliveInterval
	.It ServerAliveCountMax
	.It SmartcardDevice
	.It StrictHostKeyChecking
	.It TCPKeepAlive
	.It UsePrivilegedPort
	.It User
	.It UserKnownHostsFile
	.It VerifyHostKeyDNS
	.El
	.It Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
	Connect directly to a local sftp server
	(rather than via
	.Xr ssh 1 )
	This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
	.It Fl R Ar num_requests
	Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time.
	Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed
	but will increase memory usage.
	The default is 16 outstanding requests.
	.It Fl S Ar program
	Name of the
	.Ar program
	to use for the encrypted connection.
	The program must understand
	.Xr ssh 1
	options.
	.It Fl s Ar subsystem \| sftp_server
	Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
	on the remote host.
	A path is useful for using
	.Nm
	over protocol version 1, or when the remote
	.Xr sshd 8
	does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
	.It Fl v
	Raise logging level.
	This option is also passed to ssh.
	.El
	.Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
	Once in interactive mode,
	.Nm
	understands a set of commands similar to those of
	.Xr ftp 1 .
	Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
	contain spaces.
	.Bl -tag -width "lmdir path"
	.It Ic bye
	Quit
	.Nm sftp .
	.It Ic cd Ar path
	Change remote directory to
	.Ar path .
	.It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
	Change group of file
	.Ar path
	to
	.Ar grp .
	.Ar grp
	must be a numeric GID.
	.It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
	Change permissions of file
	.Ar path
	to
	.Ar mode .
	.It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
	Change owner of file
	.Ar path
	to
	.Ar own .
	.Ar own
	must be a numeric UID.
	.It Ic exit
	Quit
	.Nm sftp .
	.It Xo Ic get
	.Op Ar flags
	.Ar remote-path
	.Op Ar local-path
	.Xc
	Retrieve the
	.Ar remote-path
	and store it on the local machine.
	If the local
	path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
	remote machine.
	If the
	.Fl P
	flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
	copied too.
	.It Ic help
	Display help text.
	.It Ic lcd Ar path
	Change local directory to
	.Ar path .
	.It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
	Display local directory listing of either
	.Ar path
	or current directory if
	.Ar path
	is not specified.
	.It Ic lmkdir Ar path
	Create local directory specified by
	.Ar path .
	.It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
	Create a symbolic link from
	.Ar oldpath
	to
	.Ar newpath .
	.It Ic lpwd
	Print local working directory.
	.It Xo Ic ls
	.Op Ar flags
	.Op Ar path
	.Xc
	Display remote directory listing of either
	.Ar path
	or current directory if
	.Ar path
	is not specified.
	If the
	.Fl l
	flag is specified, then display additional details including permissions
	and ownership information.
	.It Ic lumask Ar umask
	Set local umask to
	.Ar umask .
	.It Ic mkdir Ar path
	Create remote directory specified by
	.Ar path .
	.It Ic progress
	Toggle display of progress meter.
	.It Xo Ic put
	.Op Ar flags
	.Ar local-path
	.Op Ar remote-path
	.Xc
	Upload
	.Ar local-path
	and store it on the remote machine.
	If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has
	on the local machine.
	If the
	.Fl P
	flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
	copied too.
	.It Ic pwd
	Display remote working directory.
	.It Ic quit
	Quit
	.Nm sftp .
	.It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
	Rename remote file from
	.Ar oldpath
	to
	.Ar newpath .
	.It Ic rm Ar path
	Delete remote file specified by
	.Ar path .
	.It Ic rmdir Ar path
	Remove remote directory specified by
	.Ar path .
	.It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
	Create a symbolic link from
	.Ar oldpath
	to
	.Ar newpath .
	.It Ic version
	Display the
	.Nm
	protocol version.
	.It Ic \&! Ar command
	Execute
	.Ar command
	in local shell.
	.It Ic \&!
	Escape to local shell.
	.It Ic \&?
	Synonym for help.
	.El
	.Sh SEE ALSO
	.Xr ftp 1 ,
	.Xr scp 1 ,
	.Xr ssh 1 ,
	.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
	.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
	.Xr ssh_config 5 ,
	.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
	.Xr sshd 8
	.Rs
	.%A T. Ylonen
	.%A S. Lehtinen
	.%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
	.%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
	.%D January 2001
	.%O work in progress material
	.Re