Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of help/en/howto/sftp

Timestamp:

Jul 21, 2010 9:44:16 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

dkocher

Comment:

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help/en/howto/sftp

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 If you have access to a server using a secure shell ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell SSH2]), most probably `sftp-server` is also installed and configured and you can connect using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol SFTP].
 
-== Interoperability with OpenSSH ==
+== OpenSSH Configuration Interoperability ==
 
 The following configuration options from `~/.ssh/config` are supported for SFTP connections:
@@ -15 +15 @@
 
 Host keys are checked against and written to `~/ssh/known_hosts` upon approval.
+
+A [wiki:help/en/howto/bookmarks bookmark] will update its public key authentication setting from the ''IdentityFile'' configuration in `~/.ssh/config`. Also when opening a new [wiki:help/en/howto/connection#Toolbarbutton connection] using ''File → Open Connection…'', ''IdentityFile'' and ''User'' parameters in the OpenSSH user config file are auto completed.
+
+Example configuration:
+
+{{{
+Host myhostname
+        User myusername
+        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/mykey-rsa
+}}}
+
+Contrary to ''OpenSSH'', we do '''not''' use the keys named `~/.ssh/identity`, `~/.ssh/id_rsa` or `~/.ssh/id_dsa` by default.
 
 == Advanced Authentication Methods ==