FTP Addressing and Path Example for SecuritySpy Uploading

Zeigh
Zeigh
edited September 2016 in SecuritySpy
Hello,

I am going to swallow my techno geek pride and ask an elementary networking question that might help someone else down the line...

What is the SFTP address and path for a Mac with these details?

Located at 10.0.1.10 on a LAN network.
User home folder name of Z-House.
Intended destination to Movies folder.

See, I have always used Apple's Finder to navigate around my network or occasionally the afp://10.0.1.xx addressing. I obviously am missing some formatting because SecurtiySpy doesn't seem to like any variations on this.


Peace,
Dr. Z.

Comments

  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Dr. Z,

    First you'll have to enable "Remote Login" on the FTP Server Mac ( the one at 10.0.1.10) in the Sharing system preference.

    Then, to set up the server in SecuritySpy, enter 10.0.1.10 as the address, and enter the username and password of the Server Mac's user account.

    By default, files are uploaded to the user's home directory (the one that contains the Documents, Images, Movies and other folders). So, to upload to the Movies directory, simply enter Movies in the Path setting in SecuritySpy (with no leading or trailing forward slash characters).

    Hope this helps!
  • Zeigh
    Zeigh
    Thanks Ben!

    Just like me to overthink things and I kept adding "ftp." variations. I successfully used the uploading feature in some SecuritySpy testing years ago and apparently forgot to use just numbers this time. Might I suggest that your manual be updated with a LAN addressing example for boneheads like me? HA!


    Peace,
    Dr. Z.
  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Dr. Z, glad you got it working, I will add an additional note in the manual as you suggest. All the best.

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