Putty vs WinSCP
WinSCP is for file transfer to and from your server while PuTTY is used to interact with the server directly. Putty is just a command line interface to your server. WinSCP is a file transfer application using Secure FTP.
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Is there a WinSCP equivalent for Linux?
If you’re using GNOME, you can go to: Places → Connect to Server in Nautilus and choose SSH. If you have an SSH agent running and configured, no password will be asked! (This is the same as sftp://root@servername/directory in Nautilus) In Konqueror, you can simply type: fish://servername. Per Mike R: In Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) it’s under Files → Connect to Server in the menu or Network → Connect to Server in the sidebar.
Upload file to SFTP using PowerShell
There isn’t currently a built-in PowerShell method for doing the SFTP part. You’ll have to use something like psftp.exe or a PowerShell module like Posh-SSH. Here is an example using Posh-SSH: Some additional notes: You’ll have to download the Posh-SSH module which you can install to your user module directory (e.g. C:\Users\jon_dechiro\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules) and just load … Read more
WinSCP: Permission denied. Error code: 3 Error message from server: Permission denied
You possibly do not have create permissions to the folder. So WinSCP fails to create a temporary file for the transfer. You have two options: Grant write permissions to the folder to the user or group you log in with (myuser), or change the ownership of the folder to the user, or Disable a transfer to … Read more