Comments on: Syncing Filezilla Sites across Computers with Dropbox

By: Fernando Scheps

Fernando Scheps — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:43:12 +0000

Great post, I was thinking about this actually.
The other “issue” I would like to address is on how to protect the XML file under some password / encryption using KeepPass, LasPass or whatever.
FileZilla is great but it stores all passwords in clear text

Thanks!

By: flippertie

flippertie — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:04:25 +0000

Another approach is to move the filemanager.xml file into your dropbox, then create a convig file “fzdefault.xml” in the FileZilla program folder.

Works well in XP without the need for Junction
See http://www.justinmontgomery.com/sync-and-secure-filezilla-with-dropbox

By: Eddy

Eddy — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:02:40 +0000

And what about the fzdefaults.xml.
find it in the doc folder and read instructions.

By: Darren @ webdesignbournemouth

Darren @ webdesignbournemouth — Sat, 28 May 2011 07:23:49 +0000

Absolutely great idea, thank you Peter.

I’m now using this on my Win7 PC, Ubuntu laptop, and Ubuntu PC (with Win7 running through VMware Player also).

Great way to keep all those details available across multiple machines.

Darren.

By: Oscar Gonzalez

Oscar Gonzalez — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:17:00 +0000

Awesome, this worked really great. And now I can even get the settings file from *any* computer if I need it using the web interface. BTW, if you use Skitch… you can also integrate it with Dropbox.

By: Francesco Campana

Francesco Campana — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:34:22 +0000

It works with Notepad++ ftp plugin and freecommander as well.
Just follow these steps with the config file you find into C:\Users\Yourname\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config\NppFTP\NppFTP.xml for notepad++ and C:\Users\Yourname\AppData\Roaming\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.ftp for freecommander.

Nice trick!

By: Ben May

Ben May — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:47:38 +0000

Thank you very much. this is exactly what I wanted. Now syncing between my three computers.

cheers

By: Ton

Ton — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:18:11 +0000

Very good, practical how-to that plainly just works. I also use Filezilla because it is cross-platform, so great, thanks.

Ton

By: Judy Herilla

Judy Herilla — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:53:58 +0000

You can use junction on XP. (download is quite small) – allows for directory links, junction “C:\Documents and Settings\Judy Protected\My Documents\My Dropbox\config-files\FileZilla” “C:\Documents and Settings\Judy Protected\Application Data\FileZilla”

By: Peter Anselmo

Peter Anselmo — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:17:20 +0000

Good Eye! I’ve updated the post, thanks for catching that.