ssh-convert-ftp (EFT Expansion Pack on Unix)

ssh-convert-ftp — Convert unsecured FTP connections to secured SFTP

Synopsis

ssh-convert-ftp [options...] COMMAND [arguments...]

Description

ssh-convert-ftp is a component of SSH Tectia Client with EFT Expansion Pack on Unix.

The ssh-convert-ftp command runs the specified command with the given arguments. The command and its child processes will have automatic FTP-SFTP conversion and FTP tunneling enabled. Depending on the filter rules configured for the SSH Tectia Connection Broker, the connections may then be automatically converted from FTP to SFTP, or automatically tunneled.

For an example of the filter rules, see the ssh-broker-config-example-ftp-sftp.xml file in the /etc/ssh2 directory.

Options

The following options are available:

-D, --debug=LEVEL: Sets the debug level string to LEVEL.
-N, --no-fallback: Disallows unsecured connections if the Connection Broker is down.
-h, --help: Displays a short summary of command-line options and exits.

Examples

Start an FTP session to ftp.example.org with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled:

$ ssh-convert-ftp ftp ftp.example.org

Start a bash shell session with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled for all commands:

$ ssh-convert-ftp bash

Exit Values

If a command was invoked, ssh-convert-ftp returns the exit status of that command. If there was an error executing the command, the exit value is 127.