So, at the prompt, run the portsnap command to pull down the latest copy of the ports tree (this may take some time): Building from ports ensures the SFTP module is built against the latest version of OpenSSL. Well, there's an issue with the pre-compiled ProFTPd SFTP module which in some cases can cause it to not to respond to requests. Why aren't you using pkg? I hear you ask. We're going to be using the ports tree for installing. Once you have the shell, you can start installing ProFTPd. You can do this from either the FreeNAS GUI by going to Jails > Select the jail sftpserver > Shell (icon at the bottom of the screen) or SSH in to your FreeNAS box and run the command: Once your jail is created and storage attached, you need to access it's shell. So, to begin you must first create a new jail. ProFTPd will also be listening on a different port than OpenSSH allowing you to run both. This is typically more secure as does not allow terminal sessions, TCP port forwarding or X forwarding. This is the one we're going to be focusing on in this post.įor this how-to, we're not going to use the built-in OpenSSH SFTP server, instead we're going to use ProFTPd with the SFTP module. SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) was designed as an extension of SSH to provide file transfer capability, so it usually uses only the SSH port for both data and control. It uses a control channel and opens new connections for the data transfer, it also requires a SSL certificate. Now, it's best not to confuse SFTP with FTPS, both of which are two very different protocols.
If you use Linux, FreeBSD or some other kind of *NIX based system, you've probably already used commands like scp or sftp before. Ever wanted to share your media collection, photos, (insert media type here) with friends or family securely, but unsure how to do it? Well, there's this commonly known service as SFTP, also known as SSH File Transfer Protocol.
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