SFTP

SFTP (Secure File Transfer Program) is Article description::an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp, which performs all operations over an encrypted [[SSH transport.]] It uses many features of SSH, such as public key authentication and compression.

Installation
The command is part of the  package, and deployments of Gentoo Linux should already have OpenSSH installed, as the package is part of the system set. The presence and proper functioning of OpenSSH can be checked by running the command, which should output a usage statement:

If no usage statement is printed, OpenSSH may be corrupt, or not installed. Try re-installation by following the Installation section from the SSH article.

Configuration
For having tab completion the  USE flag needs to be enabled. For further configuration see the configuration section in the SSH article.

External resources

 * The official sftp man page locally via or online at openbsd.org