All,

  This has been a big issue in kde3/trinity for a couple of years now. sftp is
broken in konqueror. IIRC, this is due to the sftp kioslave. I know we have
raised and discussed this issue numerous time and as of 3/23/11, the plan was a
complete re-write of the kioslave from scratch. (discussion on opensuse/kde3
list with Robert, Ilya and Serghei)

  Does anybody have a quick status on this issue?

Basic Synopsis:

  In konqueror if you try:

sftp://hostname/dir

  you get the error:

An error occurred while loading sftp://nirvana.3111skyline.com
Unknown error
 Error encountered while talking to ssh.

  However, if I open konsole and issue sftp from the command line - no problem:

20:28 valkyrie:~> sftp nirvana
Connected to nirvana.
sftp>

  Here is a screenshot of the konqueror error:

http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/sftp-error.jpg

  If this is still broken, then I think it needs to be listed as a blocker for
R14. sftp is a incredibly secure and useful protocol that konqueror handled
flawlessly in the past. Should be working again.

  The curious part is that fish continues to work. (i.e.:
fish://nirvana/home/david works just fine...)

  What say the gurus?

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.