[SOLVED] FTPES command line client?

bweddell · 05-22-2013, 08:55 PM

I'm running CentOS 5.9. I use curl to send files via script to a FTPS server.

Now I need to send files via script to a FTPES server (FTP, Explicit, SSL, port 21).

From wikipedia: In explicit mode (also known as FTPES), an FTPS client must "explicitly request" security from an FTPS server and then step-up to a mutually agreed encryption method. If a client does not request security, the FTPS server can either allow the client to continue in unsecure mode or refuse/limit the connection.

curl doesn't support FTPES and when trying with lftp I get a message stating it wasn't support either.

Commands used:
curl -u useraccount -P 21 ftpes://someserver.domain.com
Enter host password for user 'useraccount':
curl: (1) Unsupported protocol: ftpes

lftp -u useraccount -p 21 ftpes://someserver.domain.com
/usr/lib64/lftp/3.7.11/proto-ftpes.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
lftp: ftpes - not supported protocol

Does anyone know of a command line tool for the job or a workaround?

Thanks in advance!

bloodstreetboy · 05-24-2013, 02:10 AM

curl is a tool to transfer data from or to a server, using one of the supported protocols (DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP). The command is designed to work without user interaction.

BUT I haven't found FTPES in above list. I am not sure curl can do this or not.

Have you tried?

Code:

$ curlftpfs -o ssl -o ssl_control -o no_verify_hostname -d username:password@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port /home/user/folder/

or

Code:

$ sudo curlftpfs -o tlsv1 -o ssl_control -o no_verify_hostname -o no_verify_peer -o allow_other user:mdp@host mountpoint