I am running Ubuntu 14.04LTS and have FileZilla 3.7.3 installed, I also have a VM running WIN7 with WinSCP 5.5.1.
Under WIN7 when using WinSCP, in the editing dialog under the advanced tab there is a category “Connection” with two options, Proxy and Tunnel . The server I need to FTP or SFTP requires a tunnel, so my setting are Connection through ssh tunnel checked off as yes. The host name Tunnel.rr.net on port 22 and I have to enter in my user name and password, file protcall is set to SFTP, local tunnel port is set to Autoselect and no private key is needed. I know these setting are correct because it works just fine for me I my WIN7 VM, I select the server I need, I see it connect to the tunnel and than my server.
I am new to FileZillaile and the setting options seem to be a bit more extensive, the closest thing I see equivalent is under settings in Generic Proxy. So I set my tunnel host, user name and password which I know are correct because I have no issue with WinSCP.
When I set the Generic proxy to HTTP/1.1 using CONNECT method I get error, Error: Proxy error: HTTP response was absent & Error: Could not connect to server, when I set it to SOCK 5 I get an error Error: Proxy error: SOCKS proxy returned unexpected version & Error: Could not connect to server.
Again, I am new to FileZilla so it must be a setting that missing glaring because it is too simple under WinSCP.
So what would the equivalent of “tunnel” be on with WinSCP , in FileZilla?
FileZilla does not support anything equivalent to WinSCP SSH tunneling feature.
You can of course tunnel it through an external SSH tunnel. E.g. via PuTTY or OpenSSH ssh.
See my guide Setting up tunnel using PuTTY for SFTP/SCP session.
(The guide is for WinSCP, but works for any SFTP/SCP client.)