Opened on Jul 16, 2008 at 4:44:49 AM
Closed on Nov 9, 2009 at 4:40:55 PM
Last modified on Nov 9, 2009 at 4:41:14 PM
#2332 closed enhancement (worksforme)
Make it quicker to connect to SFTP servers with a public key
Reported by: | bugmail@… | Owned by: | dkocher |
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Priority: | low | Milestone: | 3.3 |
Component: | sftp | Version: | 3.0.1 |
Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
Cc: | Architecture: | ||
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Description (last modified by dkocher)
I'm using public-key auth when using SFTP/ssh and I'm connecting to lots of different hostnames (that I don't want to create bookmarks for). In the “Open Connection” dialog I now have to click on More Options>Check the “use public key” checkbox then select the public key file I want to use. Every time I connect. Quite laborious.
So, it would be great If cyberduck could to one or all of the following:
- default to the behaviour of commandline ssh and try public key auth first (with a default location of ~/.ssh/id_rsa where, incidentally, the key lies that I now have to select every time) and then prompt for a password if necessary
- remember the public key choice I did last time i connected
- have a preference in General>Connection that allows me to select a default public key (similar to the default login)
That would greatly ease a workflow across multiple SFTP-machines with public key.
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed on Jul 16, 2008 at 5:25:40 PM by dkocher
- Component changed from core to sftp
- Description modified (diff)
comment:2 Changed on Aug 15, 2008 at 8:29:59 PM by dkocher
- Milestone 3.1 deleted
- Priority changed from normal to low
comment:3 Changed on Aug 15, 2008 at 8:30:24 PM by dkocher
Also, since 3.0.2 one can select a public key from the login prompt.
comment:4 Changed on Nov 9, 2009 at 4:40:55 PM by dkocher
- Milestone set to 3.3
- Resolution set to worksforme
- Status changed from new to closed
I think this enhancement has been resolved by reading the OpenSSH configuration from ~/.ssh/config.
comment:5 Changed on Nov 9, 2009 at 4:41:14 PM by dkocher
See also #152.
I agree the default public key to try first would be a convenient feature. However, note that creating a bookmark of the opened connection will save the reference to the public key used.