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Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS

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On 22 Mar, David Higton wrote in message
    <4415a8bd5c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>:

> The URL you posted above is an http URL, not ftp.  It's entirely normal
> for a hosted website to be read by many users via http, but written by one
> person - the owner - using ftp.  I moved my site recently to Netcup gmbh,
> who were offering a very low cost service, and I use FTPc to put my files
> on it.
> 
> AFAIK, all web hosting works this way.

Not all: there's something of a move away from FTP[1], certainly unencrypted
FTP. I can't remember which of SFTP and FTPS is is that FTPc supports, but
your provider needs to support the same one. There is (or was) a command
line tool for the other protocol on RISC OS; was it by John Ballance?

It's certainly shouldn't be a problem finding a service, but you do need to
read the specs carefully. And may need to tick a box in a control panel
somewhere to enable it.

As others have said, using a RISC OS aware host makes this easier (in fact,
RISC OS aware hosts are more likely to look blank when you ask about SSH,
IME).


1. It's increasingly common to find people doing file transfers over SSH,
because it's secure and more flexible, and can be used to transfer more than
just files.

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/

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Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Alexander Ausserstorfer <alexander.ausserstorfer@eclipso.at> - 2026-03-22 14:09 +0200
  Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-03-22 17:23 +0000
    Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-03-22 21:48 +0000
      Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-03-22 22:34 +0000
      Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-03-23 13:21 +0000
        Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2026-03-23 16:42 +0100
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  Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Patric  <minim@news.invalid> - 2026-03-24 10:45 +0100
    Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Alexander Ausserstorfer <alexander.ausserstorfer@eclipso.at> - 2026-03-29 12:43 +0200

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