Connect to a FTPS server within shell script

Question

I'm trying to connect to a FTPS (explicit TLS FTP) server within a shell script and i'm kinda confused. I tried using the regular FTP command, but i get 534 error "policy requires SSL" and 504 "Security mechanism not implemented"

ftp -inuv myhost

Returns 504 then

quote USER myuser

Returns 534

I also tried sftp but i get "couldn't read packet: connection reset by peer". That damn peer is making my life a nightmare since IRC ;)

sftp myuser@myhost:mydirectory/ -P21

Connexion reset by peer and it says it can't connect to port 22, which is weird since i specified port 21...

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

There is a diference between ftps and sftp : sftp is ftp over ssh, so in your case you cannot use sftp. ftps is ftp that use ssl/tls

You need an ftp client that manages TLS, for instance http://lftp.yar.ru/ (found on the net)