[olug] sftp using cURL

[DYNATRON tech]

it doesn't list supported protocols, but the inclusions of the openSSL
version suggests to me that it would support encrypted connections (sftp).

i would like to generate a shell script to automate the updating of my
website, but that will be hard for me to do without cURL working properly.

my next step....

You could also try installing the curl.haxx.se pre-compiled version which
> says it has SSL:
> http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
>

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:47 AM, David Walker <olug at grax.com> wrote:

> OK so yours doesn't but mine does.
>
> curl 7.18.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8j zlib/1.2.3
> Protocols: tftp ftp telnet dict ldap ldaps http file https ftps
> Features: GSS-Negotiate IPv6 Largefile NTLM SSL libz
>
> DYNATRON tech wrote:
> > administrator at bunt:~$ curl -V
> > curl 7.18.0 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g
> > zlib/1.2.3.3libidn/1.1
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:08 AM, David Walker <olug at grax.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> curl -V
> >> will tell you what protocols your curl is compiled to support.
> >> My gentoo curl does not support sftp or scp by default either.
> >>
> >> Dan Linder wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 08:53, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> i'm trying to push a file to an sftp server using curl. i keep getting
> a
> >>>> "(1) protocol not supported or disabled in libcurl" error, but the
> cURL
> >>>> website states....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I can't speak for the curl command line program, but is "libcurl" part
> of
> >>> the curl cli package, or is it separate? It could be that you need to
> get
> >>>
> >> a
> >>
> >>> recompiled version of libcurl that supports sftp.
> >>>
> >>> This link mentions that sftp is lacking due to some concern over
> package
> >>> dependencies:
> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AptSftpSupport
> >>>
> >>> You might want to download the curl source and try building it...or
> work
> >>> with Ubuntu development to resolve the issues.  :-)  (yeah, the first
> >>>
> >> option
> >>
> >>> is much easier...)
> >>>
> >>> You could also try installing the curl.haxx.se pre-compiled version
> >>>
> >> which
> >>
> >>> says it has SSL:
> >>> http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
> >>>
> >>> Dan
> >>>
> >>> (BTW, curl is at 7.19.4 as reported on this URL: http://curl.haxx.se/)
> >>>
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