"Poison BL." <poiso...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:29 AM, lee <l...@yagibdah.de> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> since the usage of FTP seems to be declining, what is a replacement >> which is at least as good as FTP? >> >> I'm aware that there's webdav, but that's very awkward to use and >> missing features. >> >> >> -- >> "Didn't work" is an error. >> >> > The one issue I have with all the answers I've seen is that they all lack > the most important question. You're asking for alternatives for an old tool > that was used for many use cases that, these days, have evolved to have > very different requirements for security, integration of access methods, > and general workflows for use. FTP used to be the go-to for long distance > file sharing for *all* use cases, one to one (user managing a website's > content), many to one (upload site), one to many (download site), etc. > What's your use case?
all of them, with encrypted transfers and users needing a password for access I don't know anything better than ftp for this. Alternatively, there would need to be several different services for each group of users accommodating their particular use case, and being a nightmare to deploy, to maintain and to use. -- "Didn't work" is an error.
