gesftpserver(8) Green End SFTP Server

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/gesftpserver [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

gesftpserver implements the SFTP protocol. It is normally run as an SSH subsystem but can be run in other contexts if necessary.

CONFIGURING OPENSSH

By default, OpenSSH will use its native SFTP server in response to requests for the SFTP subsystem. To use gesftpserver instead, add a suitable Subsystem command to sshd_config (and remove the existing one if present). For example:

Subsystem  sftp /usr/lib/gesftpserver

IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS

gesftpserver supports up to version 6 of the SFTP protocol and the following extensions:
newline
Reports the server's newline convention to the client.
space-available
Equivalent to df(1).
supported
v5 capability details
supported2
v6 capability details
text-seek
Used for resuming text file downloads.
vendor-id
Reports server name and version to client. gesftpserver reports a vendor of "Green End" and a server name of "Green End SFTP Server".
versions
Lists available versions.
version-select
Select version.
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Provides POSIX rename semantics even in pre-v5 SFTP.