Once again, try SSH...
If you're using
SSH Secure Shell I can tell you how to connect and use a GUI system just like SmartFTP to transfer files and stuff:
1): Download and install SSH Secure Shell.
2): After installation, look for the icon that starts the normal client. It will on your desktop and/or in your start menu, depending on what options you choose during installation. It looks like:
3): Now you should have a window that looks like this up:
4): Click on the
Profiles toolbar icon and select
Add Profile...
5): You'll now get a new window to create a profile name. Name the profile whatever you want to. I choose to name it
Xepher Net in this little tutorial:
After you finish naming it, click the
Add to Profiles button.
6): Now go back to the
Profiles toolbar icon and select the profile you just created, you should have a window that comes up asking for some connection information. All you need to enter here is your
Host Name which is
xepher.net and your
User Name which is the same as your FTP user name. You only need to enter this information once and it will store it in the profile for you.
After you are done click the connect button.
7): Now you will get a prompt to put in your password. It will NOT store your password, so you'll need to enter it each time you want to connect. Simply enter your normal password for your user name and click
Ok:
Another window will pop up that says
Enter your authentication response. Just click
Ok. You are now connected to Xepher's server.
: Now for the GUI to transfer files and stuff... This is rather simple to get to. In the toolbar, click the icon that looks like a folder.
Now everything should be pretty self explanitory. You can drag and drop things into the foldersto upload them just like in SmartFTP.
The only exception is deleting a folder that has stuff in it, because SSH is a shell, it also tends to follow the normal
rm unix command without the
-R option. Which basically means you can't delete a folder that is not empty. There's probably an option somewhere to change that, but I haven't looked.
