

This window is nearly identical for all operating systems. Filezilla is fairly popular and is available for Windows, Mac and Linux/Unix.Īfter the program is installed and started, go into the menu for servers via File - Server Administration and then choose New Server. The simplest way to connect to NTNUs servers via SFTP is with Filezilla, which is a free FTP program with SFTP capability. If you prefer command line programs read about SFTP in Linux/Unix. There are several graphic based programs for Windows, and some terminal based ones for Linux. Different SFTP programs accomplish this in different ways, some will start the channel automatically for you.

You can connect to the SFTP server via SSH (Secure SHell) and start an SFTP server via the encrypted channel SSH has created.
