Accessing Swestore with lftp - Revision history

Niklas Edmundsson (HPC2N): Swestore documentation moved

2023-02-08T09:59:26Z

Swestore documentation moved

Niklas Edmundsson (HPC2N): /* Status */

2019-10-14T08:22:37Z

‎Status

Niklas Edmundsson (HPC2N): /* Status */

2019-10-14T08:22:03Z

‎Status

Niklas Edmundsson (HPC2N): Add statement of lftp unsuitable for Swestore use

2019-10-14T08:21:43Z

Add statement of lftp unsuitable for Swestore use

Niklas Edmundsson (HPC2N): Rewrite for user/pass auth

2019-10-11T11:17:07Z

Rewrite for user/pass auth

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Niklas Edmundsson (HPC2N): Rewrite for user/pass auth

2019-10-11T10:58:50Z

Rewrite for user/pass auth

Niklas Edmundsson (HPC2N): Use ca-path instead of ca-file to avoid Terena/CA/hostcert-specific setup

2017-01-12T10:30:11Z

Use ca-path instead of ca-file to avoid Terena/CA/hostcert-specific setup

Jens Larsson (NSC): /* lftp settings */

2016-07-14T13:52:13Z

‎lftp settings

Jens Larsson (NSC): /* Introduction */

2016-07-14T13:50:16Z

‎Introduction

Jens Larsson (NSC): moved Accessing SweStore national storage with lftp to Accessing Swestore with lftp

2016-07-14T13:47:28Z

moved Accessing SweStore national storage with lftp to Accessing Swestore with lftp

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−	[[~~Category:~~Swestore]]	+	#REDIRECT[[Swestore Documentation Moved]]
−	~~[[Category:Swestore user guide]]~~
−	~~[[Swestore\|< Swestore]]~~
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−	~~= Status =~~
−
−	Current lftp version as shipped in most Linux distributions are having issues in presenting a WebDAV directory listing that makes sense to users, among the issues is a tendency to mix files from the root directory and the current directory.
−
−	~~Due to these and other issues '''we recommend that lftp is not used for file transfers from/to Swestore'''.~~
−
−	~~= Introduction =~~
−
−	~~lftp is an interactive text-mode file transfer tool that understands multiple access protocols. It is commonly available in Linux/Unix environments.~~
−
−	The benefit over tools like cURL is that it has interactive traversal of the directory hierarchy, as well as powerful mass-transfer functionality like the <code>mirror</code> command, <code>mput/mget</code> and more. Use <code>help</code> in lftp for details. This is not intended to be a complete lftp usage howto, refer to tutorials online for this.
−
−	~~This guide explains how to use lftp with username/password authentication.~~
−
−	~~= Authenticate using username/password =~~
−
−	* Prerequisite: Username and password, see [[Setting your Swestore password]]
−	* Open a terminal window
−	* Start lftp with: '''<code>lftp -u username https://webdav.swestore.se/</code>'''
−	* Enter your password at the prompt
−	** '''NOTE:''' Password will be verified on first command/connection, so typing the wrong password will error out later!
−
−	~~= Usage =~~
−
−	~~There are some quirks that lftp has together with the Swestore WebDAV door.~~
−
−	When giving a directory path to a command, it should end with a trailing slash to indicate that it is a directory. If this is omitted, the client will get a redirection response that the tool doesn't handle properly.
−
−	~~All the commands mentioned in this section and the previous configuration section are commands inside of a running <code>lftp</code> program.~~
−
−	~~Some sample tasks that can be achieved with lftp is retrieving or uploading single files or whole directory trees.~~
−
−	~~Navigate around with the use of the <code>cd</code> command:~~
−	~~cd snic/project_name_here/~~
−	~~Note the trailing / !~~
−
−	Individual files can be manipulated using the <code>get</code> and <code>put</code> commands, while <code>mget</code> and <code>mput</code> transfers multiple files at once. The <code>mirror</code> command can transfer whole trees.
−
−	~~The program has interactive help for any command through the <code>help</code> command.~~
−
−	For mirroring the flag ''-R'' is particularly relevant as ''-R'' controls the direction of the operation - if it is present the transfer is mirroring '''to''' the server, otherwise it's mirroring '''from''' the server.
−
−	~~For example, the command~~
−	~~mirror A B~~
−
−	~~will download all of the remote directory ''A'' into the local directory named ''B''.~~
−
−	~~The command~~
−	~~mirror -R C D~~
−
−	~~will upload all of the local directory ''C'' into the remote directory named ''D''. Note that the role of the directories is reversed compared to the previous example.~~
−
−	~~= Credits =~~
−
−	~~This guide was initially written by Lars Viklund and subsequently revised by Niklas Edmundsson.~~

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 Current lftp version as shipped in most Linux distributions are having issues in presenting a WebDAV directory listing that makes sense to users, among the issues is a tendency to mix files from the root directory and the current directory.
-As such, we recommend that '''lftp is not used for file transfers from/to Swestore'''.
+Due to these and other issues '''we recommend that lftp is not used for file transfers from/to Swestore'''.
 = Introduction =

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 = Status =
-Current lftp version as shipped in most Linux distributions are having issues in presenting a directory listing that makes sense to users, among the issues is a tendency to mix files from the root directory and the current directory.
+Current lftp version as shipped in most Linux distributions are having issues in presenting a WebDAV directory listing that makes sense to users, among the issues is a tendency to mix files from the root directory and the current directory.
 As such, we recommend that '''lftp is not used for file transfers from/to Swestore'''.

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		+	= Status =
		+
		+	Current lftp version as shipped in most Linux distributions are having issues in presenting a directory listing that makes sense to users, among the issues is a tendency to mix files from the root directory and the current directory.
		+
		+	As such, we recommend that '''lftp is not used for file transfers from/to Swestore'''.

	= Introduction =		= Introduction =

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 == Introduction ==
-lftp is a file transfer tool that understands a range of protocols from plain old FTP, HTTP, SCP, WebDAV to more esoteric ones like BitTorrent.
+lftp is an interactive text-mode file transfer tool that understands multiple access protocols. It is commonly available in Linux/Unix environments.
-The benefit over tools like cURL is that it has interactive traversal of the directory hierarchy, as well as powerful mass-transfer functionality like the mirror command.
+The benefit over tools like cURL is that it has interactive traversal of the directory hierarchy, as well as powerful mass-transfer functionality like the <code>mirror</code> command, <code>mput/mget</code> and more. Use <code>help</code> in lftp for details. This is not intended to be an lftp usage howto, refer to tutorials online for this.
-Out of the protocols mentioned above, the ones that aligns most with the access doors that Swestore offers are the WebDAV over HTTP/HTTPS protocols.
+This guide explains how to use lftp with username/password authentication.
 == Required software versions ==

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 While running the <code>lftp</code> program, there are several settings that need to be configured in order to successfully connect and interact with Swestore:
   <nowiki>
-  set ssl:ca-file /etc/grid-security/certificates/TERENA-eScience-SSL-CA-3.pem
+  set ssl:ca-path /etc/grid-security/certificates
   set ssl:check-hostname true
   set ssl:verify-certificate true</nowiki>

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