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You may have asked the wrong question because they do support S<a href="FTP" rel="ugc">FTP</a>: <a href="http://support.hostgator.com/articles/ftp/secure-ftp-sftp-and-ftps" rel="ugc">http://support.hostgator.com/articles/ftp/secure-ftp-sftp-and-ftps</a>&nbsp; However... it requires your control panel login to use it. &nbsp;I don't know that you want to give that to a client.
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You may have asked the wrong question because they do support SFTP [FTP]: http://support.hostgator.com/articles/ftp/secure-ftp-sftp-and-ftps [http://support.hostgator.com/articles/ftp/secure-ftp-sftp-and-ftps]  However... it requires your control panel login to use it.  I don't know that you want to give that to a client.

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yes they say they support sftp for only the cpanel account. If I create ftp users and they use the ftp client, they will not have sftp unless I am on a dedicated server.
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yes they say they support sftp for only the cpanel account. If I create ftp users and they use the ftp client, they will not have sftp unless I am on a dedicated server.

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My client request a secure ftp account so that he can upload info into my webserver. hostgator is my webhosting provider. According to them, they do not support secure ftp. Is there any solutions out there (free or cheap) that I can share my files with my clients? Thx
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My client request a secure ftp account so that he can upload info into my webserver. hostgator is my webhosting provider. According to them, they do not support secure ftp. Is there any solutions out there (free or cheap) that I can share my files with my clients? Thx

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