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FileZilla
FileZilla is a feature-rich, cross-platform Open Source FTP, SFTP1) and FTPS2) client.
FileZilla3) stores all handled login data/credentials as plain XML files 4) in the following directory:
~/.filezilla/
(Unix-like systems)%AppData%\FileZilla\
5) (MS Windows)
This is expected behavior because it is your operating systems's responsibility too keep these files save. But keep it in mind if you are using a non-encrypted and/or multi-user systems.
Installation
Ubuntu
10.04 Lucid and above
Simply install the following package(s):
filezilla
(main)
After installation, you can start the program by clicking “Applications→Internet→FileZilla”. Or open a terminal and start it via filezilla
.
Windows
XP and above
Simply download the Windows installer and execute it with administrator privileges. Or use FileZilla portable, if you want to run FileZilla without installation.
Screenshots
Weblinks
General
- Transportverwalter - FTP-Client Filezilla – article about FileZilla
recentservers.xml
and sitemanager.xml
%AppData%
is a Windows environment variable, pointing to the current application data dir of your account. Try to access %AppData%\FileZilla\
directly via Windows Explorer and you'll see how it works.