Although every Mac should ship with a built-in FTP server, you may see it differs slightly across different Mac versions. We will use a Mac Pro which is running on Mac OS Monterey Version 12.1 in this demo. In this article, we will show you how to create an FTP server on Mac. You can create your own FTP server on a Windows PC or Mac computer without third-party software to share files with other devices and computers in your local network. So regardless of which OS you use, enjoy the convenience of serving piping-hot, fresh files - quick and secure - from the comfort of your very own SFTP server.Both Windows and Mac OS come with the FTP support. On a related note, if you also happen to need SFTP client software for Windows, I recommend WinSCP or CoreFTP's tools. Once started, the app waits for incoming connections, presenting the IP address of each SFTP user connected. Enter the login credentials you wish your SFTP users to use, and the path of a folder you wish to use as the SFTP server root. To use, simply run the downloaded executable file. To quickly get an SFTP server running on Windows, I recommend the msftpsrvr utility, free to download courtesy of the nice folks at CoreFTP. And, after removing the comment character and saving, I restarted sshd using these commands: /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd stop /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd start Turn Windows machine into an SFTP server Mine appeared to be commented, so I edited the sshd_config file using pico. In Slackware, a quick way to do this is to type the following command: more /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep 'Subsystem' To be positive, you can check to ensure that the Subsystem sftp line does not begin with a comment character (#) in the sshd_config file. Linux - like Mac OS X - by extension usually permits the machine to be used as an SFTP server if sshd is running. Many, if not most, Linux distributions can be set to start SSH automatically. I used a Slackware Linux VM to verify that my Mac's SFTP server was running properly: Turn Linux machine into an SFTP server

When testing the server from a different machine, connect to the IP address shown in the Sharing window. Click the Remote Login checkbox then choose the users that are allowed access.Īt this point the SFTP server should be running. On OS X Mavericks, open System Preferences, then select Sharing. Turn Mac OS X machine into an SFTP server

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