If both are accessible via SSH then you can almost certainly use the much better SCP/SFTP protocols and may even be able to use rsync which has added advantages.Įdit: Your question didn't stipulate other people (presumably relatively non-techie users) being able to transfer files between the servers. If at least one of the servers is accessible via SSH then you can login that way and FTP from/to the other server using the command line tools. You don't specify what OS is running on the servers and what sort of access you have, so I can't give advice specific to your circumstances. If you have a fast enough connection you could use an FTP client that fully supports drag-and-drop (windows explorer does this natively) and transfer the files this way, but I assume this is exactly what you are trying to avoid (as you end up downloading the content to your location then pushing it up to the second server). Transferring directly from one FTP server to another is technically possible but subject to issues with firewalls and supported by very few client applications.

As a result of this, FTP server software often has FXP disabled by default.' 'Enabling FXP support can make a server vulnerable to an exploit known as FTP bounce.

If neither work then your server doesn't support FXP or needs special firewall rules to make it work (my understanding is that none of this works in passive mode and explicit open ports need to be made in the firewall).Īlso, this is important (from wiki article) I would also imagine that FXP's lack of support extends to the server-side and you may not be able to get it work with some ftp servers.įWIW, it seems like FlashFXP and FTPRush are the leaders in FXP transfers. Not a lot of clients support this because it makes more sense to either remote into one of the servers and initiate the transfer, use rsync, or automate via scripting. What you're using is FXP, which is a not very widely supported extension to FTP, to do a server to server transfer. This is an antiquated way of doing things.

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