You don't want to share your account password with other users just so they can use SFTP to transfer some files. You can only use your cPanel username, which is a potential problem. Because SFTP relies on SSH, this means you cannot use regular FTP users with SFTP. However, a shared hosting package only includes one SSH login account. Setting up SFTP access for multiple usersįor transferring files, SFTP is much more secure than FTP.

Configure an FTP client to use the private key.

Create an SSH key pair and deploy the public key.

Setting up SFTP access for multiple users.

Make sure that your SSH key is copied correctly, it should start with 'ssh-rsa' and contain no comment. Insert your previously generated public SSH key and save it.Īfter saving you won't be able to edit it's contents but rather only the title.

Click on your name initials at the top right, go to Manage Profile → SFTP sub-tab and click on Add SSH Key button.Then add your previously generated SSH public key to Quatrix: The top of the window displays the Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file field, where you should copy all the text (make sure it ends with '= rsa-key-date') and paste it directly to Quatrix or save it locally. Then click on the Generate button and save your keys by clicking the Save public key and Save private key buttons. You need to download and launch the program. We'll use PuTTYgen to generate public and private keys. SSH keys can be generated using any shareware tools from the Internet. If one of the keys is missing, you won't be able to establish a secure SFTP connection. The private key is stored locally and should not be exposed to anyone, whilst the public key is placed in the remote location and can be freely shared with others. A key pair contains one public and one private key. SSH keys serve as a safe and secure way of establishing connection with the remote server. You can connect to the SFTP server using SSH keys. It allows multiple users to log in as the same system user without having to share a single password between them. We advise using port 43 for accelerated file transfers. Please note that port 43 makes use of our uncongested network, whereas 22 will go over public internet and could be slower if files are larger.

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