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| author | Daniel <mail@danielkesselberg.de> | 2022-11-07 23:52:11 +0300 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-11-07 23:52:11 +0300 |
| commit | 03ba57a828904adf4aa58f90911f92528bc0301f (patch) | |
| tree | fc4003dfce626739181fbb53a7a1b20d12e5293b | |
| parent | 7a82c74f1707c1bd9be8f5d327319599b569e2ee (diff) | |
| parent | 06f5156ded7271be6ef33dbf819711aa9ded768e (diff) | |
Merge pull request #9282 from zaggynl/patch-2
Added a section for WinSCP
| -rw-r--r-- | user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst | 33 |
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diff --git a/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst b/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst index 59611d063..4d9c084ff 100644 --- a/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst +++ b/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst @@ -515,6 +515,39 @@ To get the properties of files in the root folder: </d:propstat> </d:response> </d:multistatus> + + + + +Accessing files using WinSCP +------------------------------- + +`WinSCP <https://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction/>`_ is an open source free SFTP client, FTP client, WebDAV client, S3 client and SCP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality. + +You can `download <https://winscp.net/eng/downloads.php/>`_ the portable version of WinSCP and run it on Linux through `Wine <https://wiki.winehq.org/Main_Page/>`_. + +To run WinSCP on Linux, download wine through your distribution's package manager, then run it via: wine WinSCP.exe. + +To connect to Nextcloud: + +* Start WinSCP +* Press 'Session' in the menu +* Press the 'New Session' menu option +* Set the 'File protocol' dropdown to WebDAV +* Set the 'Encryption' dropdown to TSL/SSL Implicit encryption +* Fill in the hostname field: example.com +* Fill in the username field: NEXTCLOUDUSERNAME +* Fill in the password field: NEXTCLOUDPASSWORD +* Press the 'Advanced...' button +* Navigate to 'Environment', 'Directories' on the left side +* Fill in the 'Remote directory' field with the following: /nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/NEXTCLOUDUSERNAME/ +* Press the 'OK' button +* Press the 'Save' button +* Select the desired options and press the 'OK' button +* Press the 'Login' button to connect to Nextcloud + +Note: it is recommended to use an app password for the password if you use TOTP, as WinSCP does not understand TOTP in Nextcloud at the time of writing (2022-11-07). + .. _KB2668751: https://web.archive.org/web/20211008025539/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/you-cannot-download-more-than-50-mb-or-upload-large-files-when-the-upload-takes-longer-than-30-minutes-using-web-client-in-windows-7-8709ae9d-e808-c5a0-95d0-9a7143c50b11 |