Time Capsule and ssh or ftp

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Time Capsule and ssh or ftp

Dear All,
I got a Time Capsule which is plugged into a network. I entered an static ip address. I disabled the wireless, but I think to enable it later.

I would like to be able to firstly download or upload document, from home or from any computer, with ssh or with ftp.

I could not find how to do it.

(I do no have it yet with me) If I am not wrong from NAT tab, I can activate services. Isaw somethink like "file sharing", " ssh service", "ftp service".

I tryed to configure ssh, but without success.

Some one could give me soe tips to use Time Capsule via ssh, to upload and download files.
(I do not really like ftp, because is not really secure and I think sftp is not available with Time Capsule)

Many thank

iMac - MacBook Pro - MacPro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 1:50 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 18, 2009 2:08 PM in response to pierrot10

pierrot10 wrote:
I got a Time Capsule which is plugged into a network. I entered an static ip address. I disabled the wireless, but I think to enable it later.

I would like to be able to firstly download or upload document, from home or from any computer, with ssh or with ftp.

I could not find how to do it.

(I do no have it yet with me) If I am not wrong from NAT tab, I can activate services. Isaw somethink like "file sharing", " ssh service", "ftp service".

I tryed to configure ssh, but without success.

Some one could give me soe tips to use Time Capsule via ssh, to upload and download files.
(I do not really like ftp, because is not really secure and I think sftp is not available with Time Capsule)

I don't believe that a Time Capsule contains any logic that can host an ssh or ftp server. The best you'll be able to do is to communicate with an ssh or ftp server on a Mac on your LAN that can in turn read or write to the Time Capsule.

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pierrot10 Author

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Nov 19, 2009 11:15 PM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

Then why can we configure a ssh or ftp port?

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Answer 3

Nov 20, 2009 7:11 AM in response to pierrot10

pierrot10 wrote:
Then why can we configure a ssh or ftp port?

I believe that's used to associate those ports on the Time Capsule with a local computer. The TIme Capsule just forwards ssh and ftp traffic to the designated computer.

There are also options to configure ports for many other Internet services. That doesn't mean those services are hosted on the Time Capsule.

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pierrot10 Author

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Nov 23, 2009 5:14 AM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

I am a bit deapointed about time Capsile :o(
But finnaly it does not matter if I can not ssh. Can I use rsync?

Actually, time capsule is plug the the netwrok and has an ip adress fix.

I have a mac contected into the same network.

What I absultely need, is to be able to see the content of the Time capsule from my macbook pro (in command line, it is also fine)

And would it be possible to use rsync to back up my data and restore it?

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Answer 5

Nov 23, 2009 6:14 AM in response to pierrot10

pierrot10 wrote:
But finnaly it does not matter if I can not ssh. Can I use rsync?

Actually, time capsule is plug the the netwrok and has an ip adress fix.

I have a mac contected into the same network.

What I absultely need, is to be able to see the content of the Time capsule from my macbook pro (in command line, it is also fine)

And would it be possible to use rsync to back up my data and restore it?

You can configure your Time Capsule to share its disk over the WAN (AirPort Utility Disks/Disks panel), which would include the Internet. A MobileMe account (f you have or are willing to buy one) would make it easy to connect to your Time Capsule when you are away from your LAN, but if your Time Capsule has a static WAN IP address, there should be a way to connect to it from the Internet. In the Finder menu Go -> Connect to Server menu I believe the format would be "afp://xxx.xx.xx.xx", where the x's represent that IP address. If I don't have these details exactly correct, someone else should be able to help.

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pierrot10 Author

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Nov 23, 2009 6:22 AM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

Ok thank,

then I think it is possible to rsync the Time capsule. I have to try it

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