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I created folders through the online SSH command-line of my instance. Can I see and edit my folders and files with an FTP access, or I have to use only the online command-line ?

Thanks !

Alexandre Lorret
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  • That would open a security threat to your machine. Why don't you use Google Cloud Storage as a place to put the files you'd like to get from the server? – Mario Sep 16 '14 at 14:00
  • As @KaiWen said, you should use SFTP rather than FTP as it's more secure. See also responses to [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/q/22162854/3618671). Do you have a preferred SFTP client in mind? If it supports SSH keys, you should be able to configure to use it. – Misha Brukman Sep 16 '14 at 15:44
  • I don't use GCS because i want to manipulate my NodeJS and MongoDB files that i installed with the command-line. Yes it's a mistake, i wanted to say 'SFTP'. But i saw others responses and i tried to configure a SFTP directly on my Debian instance, however it doesn't work... – Alexandre Lorret Sep 16 '14 at 21:59
  • @AlexandreLorret please be specific about what doesn't work: what have you tried, what exact messages/errors are you getting, etc. Please revise your question with this information. – Misha Brukman Sep 21 '14 at 04:24
  • Sorry, i thought that was not important because i tried to install the 'openssh_server' package, i thought it existed an official technique to access on the server via SFTP. So i installed 'apt-get install ssh openssh-server'. But i can't use 'addgroup sftp_chroot' to create a group of users who can access on the SFTP (the command addgroup doesn't exist). I also tried to change the port 22 but i can't edit the file '/etc/ssh/sshd_config' (i use the 'vi' command but the file is readonly). It seems i'ts impossible to edit the files system... – Alexandre Lorret Sep 22 '14 at 11:47

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How about sftp? It's almost boarded with the linux distribution. There are many gui front end of it.

superK
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Yes, you can definitely do that. You will need to setup an FTP server (e.g. VSFTPD).

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