Comment on How do you manage your server files?
kevincox@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
IDK what OS you are on but on Linux most file managers have support for remote filesystems. SFTP (SSH-FTP, not to be confused with FTPS which is FTP-secure) is ubiquitous and if you use scp then you already have SSH set up.
If you need Windows support it is more of a pain. You may need to set up Samba or WebDAV and permissions can suck. But you can also download a third-party file browser that supports remote protocols.
So basically SFTP, and I fairly regularly just use a graphical file manager when I am doing one-off operations.
legoraft@reddthat.com 8 months ago
I’m using debian, so sftp would be an option, do you use a graphical client?
kevincox@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Right now I am just using nautilus (default GNOME file manager) but in past I was using Thunar (default XFCE file manager). I’d be pretty surprised if whatever file manager you are currently using doesn’t support SFTP out of the box. Typically you can just enter something like
sftp://myhost.exampleinto the location bar. They may also have a dedicated network connection section with a wizard to add it.legoraft@reddthat.com 8 months ago
I’m considering this, as I can see by your example, you can add a domain name to the server. How would you go over doing this?
kevincox@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
You should look into DNS or maybe mDNS or even local DNS aliases.
SomeBoyo@feddit.de 8 months ago
nemo for a gui, or midnightcommander after logging in via ssh for managing/moving files on the server.