> 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. Raise a bug report to blocker. I never received the promised kioslave (please correct me if I am wrong; if it was sent a spam filter may have eaten it), and the existing one should be fixed for R14.0. Tim