Dariush Pietrzak said: >> ssh for pretty much everything I can, and otherwise wget. I only > Could all those security experts recommending using sftp/scp for data > transfers please explain how did they come to conclusion that creating > shell accounts is the best way of giving access to few files? take a look at "scponly" or "rssh". these tools restrict the usage of a shell account, allowing only scp/sftp. -- johannes resch