If a fear of the command line has prevented you from making use of the more secure sftp, Jack Wallen wants to show you how you can easily connect to that remote server, with a simple file manager.

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

How to Transfer SFTP Files on Linux. File Transfer Protocol client applications let you to transfer files back and forth between your computer and another computer running an FTP server application.

That should log you in to the linux-server without asking for a password. If it doesn't, you need to debug the ssh login (check that the key is correct in "authorized_keys" etc.).

SSH known hosts store server fingerprints to prevent security risks. Learn how to use SSH known host commands to manage entries on Linux systems.