Set up the FileZilla - Client on a new installed Notebook - that runs EndeavourOS

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good day dear friends, :star_struck:

… first of all: greetings and - a happy new year 2026 to all of you

… i am currently at (the holliday season) “extra-work”:

set up the FileZilla - Client on a new installed Notebook - and the question is: how to proceed?
as i am not completly sure that i met all the important points - i have tried to clear up the process - and the steps: i have tried to find all the necessary steps - and took some hours of searching the web:

plz do me a favor: - could you review the process-steps. Are they correct!?

see my assumptions:

well i have to add some xml-data -/key file) i guess
therefore i head over to the

“public key authentification”

to support the public key authentification FileZilla needs to know the private key.

but after entering Private key / (the Public Key) Authentication:

like so: In order to support public key authentication, FileZilla needs to know which private keys to use.

( Private key: ) - and then then I get back:

FileZilla_data_.xml could not be loaded or does not contain a private key
This leads me to the following thing - well i think that i have to import the xml-file: is this all i have to do to make the FileZilla working?

The next step - after several: hours: …well at the moment i am going to do it again - to get the data to a new (fresh installed) Notebook. As far as i understand this all - i guess that it is pretty straightforward: well i need to do the following - on the old notebook

cd ~
cp -r ~/.config/filezilla ~/filezilla_backup
tar -czf filezilla_backup.tar.gz -C ~/.config filezilla

then i need to transfer the tarball to my new notepad through usb or networkshare, etc then the following steps follow up:

sudo apt install filezilla
tar -xzf filezilla_backup.tar.gz -C ~/.config/
cp -r ~/filezilla_backup ~/.config/filezilla
chmod -R 700 ~/.config/filezilla

hmmm - i guess that this is the work on the complete Config-foldr tar/backup/restore
i guess that this method is just good for Linux→Linux

to sume up: i guess that i need to cover the following steps:

… on the old notebook

  1. FileZilla open
  2. File → Export
  3. Export the stuff
  • Site Manager
  • Settings (optional)
  1. Private Key separat sichern
   bash
   priv_serverkey

…and subsequently - then on the new Linux-Notebook

  1. FileZilla installiing
  2. Private Key to:
bash
   ~/.ssh/priv_serverkey
   chmod 600 ~/.ssh/priv_serverkey

and subsequently:

  1. FileZilla → File → Import
  2. eventually :
 * Site Manager open
   * **Key-Pfad customizing
[code]


hmm - or i go alternative

bash
cp -r ~/.config/filezilla ~/.config/filezilla.bak
Keys separate copy
only when the same ** User & Version**


update: well  this - this must be the path to the key.


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it has got the following format

PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa
Encryption: aes256-cbc
Comment: imported-openssh-key
Public-Lines: 6
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDLHfbMDQi/vKD2go338zXV1WXLCt2j9qp/
q5WoSUItvXcr89BPltn1IblUtGXBcD1QU1btO9Y4+a+JPBvVf6d/GfGKcsKhZaMP
dzu388Vm/0CMuj7BcZb7+B0trKBDyRJfxBDHQe+8OXi2NBUXL+dK0VXvG5+kmTx8
8a/zFuMpXmPwfOUWk5irEpPNklA2DD8tydmjsfobuRxNkNhs3oInt4XAXYJAgva8
2vJ/JzM8vrTfERP0EYRChrWowp6JfD/xhvaSRNW3ipk/HgDdC0TbkegIzRHN3p/J
BMvgTKoIu5rfBrelmzAEZMOWD4blty+mA7m6VtldluT/sgKIOJlV
Private-Lines: 14



well - i think that i only have to put this file - to the new Notebook - and load it in the "FileZilla"-clieint. 

Look forward to hear from you 

greetings - yours otrott :slightly_smiling_face: