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WinSCP is an open source free SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows. WinSCP is commonly used by developers to upload their code, such as PHP, to web servers. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and .NET assembly to automate file transfer tasks.

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer.

WinSCP is commonly used by developers to upload their code, such as PHP, to web servers.

WinSCP can be used to automate file transfer tasks, either using basic scripting interface or, for advanced tasks, using .NET assembly.

For details see:

For questions specific to the WinSCP .NET assembly, in addition to the main tag use also the .

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Is there a WinSCP equivalent for Linux?

I love WinSCP for Windows. What is the best equivalent software for Linux? I tried to use sshfs to mount the remote file system on my local machine, but it is not as user friendly as simply launching a GUI, plus it seems to require root access on…
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How to run SUDO command in WinSCP to transfer files from Windows to linux

I am trying to use WinSCP to transfer files over to a Linux Instance from Windows. I'm using private key for my instance to login to Amazon instance using ec2-user. However ec2-user does not have access to write to the Linux instance How do I sudo…
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What are some good SSH Servers for windows?

Trying to setup an SSH server on Windows Server 2003. What are some good ones? Preferably open source. I plan on using WinSCP as a client so a server which supports the advanced features implemented by that client would be great.
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how to get the ipaddress of a virtual box running on local machine

I need to connect to my virtual box running on my local machine to transfer files from my local system to VM by using WinSCP. How do I find the IP address? When I go to the settings and network tab, there I find something related to IP, but when I…
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Upload file to SFTP using PowerShell

We were asked to set up an automated upload from one of our servers to an SFTP site. There will be a file that is exported from a database to a filer every Monday morning and they want the file to be uploaded to SFTP on Tuesday. The current…
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WinSCP: Permission denied. Error code: 3 Error message from server: Permission denied

I am using WinSCP and keep on experiencing this error every time I try to replace/overwrite a file. I have been able to transfer/overwrite a file before with out any problem but not anymore. The exact error message: Cannot create remote file…
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Putty vs WinSCP

I am new to both Putty and WinSCP. So can somebody tell me what the difference is between these two? And when should I use each. Thanks.
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SFTP via JSch is throwing error 4: Failure

I am facing a peculiar issue while trying to SFTP a file from Windows to Unix server. The error "stack trace" is - 4: Failure at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.throwStatusError(ChannelSftp.java:2846) at…
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Getting "Received too large SFTP packet" when logging in with Root using WinSCP to Google Compute Engine virtual machine instance

Hi I can login to the GCE VM with WinSCP using my own username, cannot login as root...this is by default according to Google, and can be changed. Changed like this: Step 1: Login SSH and Su Root # sudo su root Step 2: Change password Root #passwd…
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VSCode how to connect to WinSCP

Is there a way to connect Visual Studio Code to WinSCP program? I tried that, but it doesn't work. I set this value to external editor "C:\Users\Omistaja\AppData\Local\Code\update.exe --processStart Code.exe !.!".
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PowerShell runtime exception - "could not load file or assembly"

This seems to be a common problem in PowerShell and Visual Studio, yet cases and solutions seem to vary a lot. Though seeing several similar questions, I didn't find a working solution for my issue yet. The problem exists in the error message Could…
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Is it possible to connect to a running docker container with Winscp?

I am able to connect to host on which docker system runs. But I cannot find out how to connecting to the docker directly. Does anyone know what I need to adjust in WinSCP added to connect? Sure, I am able to open by putty, but I want to connect by…
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SSH host key fingerprint does not match pattern C# WinSCP

I am trying to connect to an FTPS server using C# via WinSCP and I am getting this error: SSH host key fingerprint ... does not match pattern ... After tons of research, I believe is has something to do with the length of the key. The key I got…
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using Atom.io with winscp

I am not able to configure winscp to work with ATOM.IO/ I tried to add external editor from the wincsp settings however when I clicked on the file to edit, an command line is opening and nothing happen. external url :…
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WinSCP connect to Amazon AMI EC2 Instance changing user after login to "root"

I followed instructions here carefully however I haven't get this working right. Here is what I did: Run WinSCP enter Hostname (Elastic IP of my Instance) enter username "ec2-user" enter public key file chose SCP for the protocol Under SCP/Shell…
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