AdamKB @ AOL.COM - Weblog

Friday, May 26, 2006
AOL members can now FTP directly into their web space using a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection to members.aol.com with their Screen Name and Password. This makes my FTP FAQ happily obsolete (and I'll go ahead and retire it in a few days).

There are detailed instructions how to do this on the Magic Smoke Journal:

http://journals.aol.com/journalseditor/magicsmoke/entries/1447

FTP beats web-based file managers in its versatility, especially when dealing with multiple files. But if you're happy with what you're using now, don't feel the need to switch. It requires the use of a separate FTP program capable of secure file transfers.

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• #2 Comment from adamkbEntry Author 
  5/30/06 1:55 PM | Permalink

  madbaron,
  
  I just uploaded a revision to the aforementioned FTP FAQ using a SFTP connection and did not get the Hometown banner. I don't see one on your site at http://members.aol.com/madbaron/ either.
  
  Make sure you're using members.aol.com and not hometown.aol.com when viewing your pages.
  
• #1 Comment from madbaron 
  5/28/06 5:44 PM | Permalink

  As a warning, using SFTP will add the insidious AOL Hometown to member web pages.