Some MobaXTerm users need to use SCP not SFTP to see file browser

[willfurnass]

Some users may not see the file browser pane in MobaXTerm. This may or may not be due to actions taken when the Windows Firewall prompts the user to allow/deny MobaXTerm to public and/or private networks.

A workaround to this is to ask MobaXTerm to use the SCP file transfer protocol rather than the SFTP protocol when you create/start your MobaXTerm session:

The file browser pane should then (hopefully) be visible.

[ShoufaChen]

thank you very much, it solved my problem!

[MrWangzd]

非常感谢 完美的解决了我的问题

[Aethylred]

Is there a way to make this setting the default?

Also, is there a way to set up ssh from the terminal to use this setting?

[willfurnass]

@Aethylred I'm not sure I understand your second point - if you can use ssh from the command-line then scp and sftp should both be available to you for transferring files. Can you elaborate?

[vasurajput]

give permission to your folder using below command
sudo chmod 755 your folder name

Make Sure you should have root privilege

[willfurnass]

@vasurajput What is your suggestion here? Do you want to explain how to grant read and execute privileges on a folder? Also, note that typically only system administrators can use sudo on HPC systems - however sudo is not needed if you want to change the permissions on a folder you own using chmod.

[ayssel-uct]

I have root privilidges on a remote server. I can see the content of files if I use" ls "when I am root, however, I cant view those folders via the MobaXterm broser (even if I am root). How can I fix it without changing file permissions (obviously the permissions need to be protected to prevent people who are not part of specific usergroups to view folder contents).

[MeghnaDey98]

Hi, I am unable to download any files from Mobaxterm, on SCP as well as SFTP. Do you know what could the reason be. These include .tsv files

[mauromol]

Hi, I am unable to download any files from Mobaxterm, on SCP as well as SFTP. Do you know what could the reason be. These include .tsv files

My experience with a Docker container: with SFTP the file browser is not displayed. With SCP apparently all is working fine, but trying to upload a file causes the transfer to remain stuck ad the beginning, while trying to download a file causes no file to be transferred. Using WinSCP revealed the problem, which was not reported by MobaXTerm in any way (even looking at its log): scp command is missing on the container. So I had to stick to WinSCP (using SFTP protocol) to make file transfers work. I don't know why MobaXTerm does not show the file browser when selecting SFTP in this case.

[Nostalgia2022]

Thank you!