>   The tests that are needed are simply to open
> konqueror file manager (or
> kwrite, or kate) and then just enter a sftp address (and
> compare with fish).
> fish should work, sftp should fail. The address form you
> should use is:
> 
> sftp://username@...:port/dir1/dir2/
> and so on
> 
>   It can be as simple as
> 
> sftp://hostname     
>    (for local network)
> 
> ** kde will use your default username and default port (22)
> 
>   As long as ssh is configured, you should connect fine
> -- but it fails due to
> the bug. The do the same thing with fish://
> 
> fish://username@...:port/dir1/dir2/
> 
>   It also can be as simple as:
> 
> fish://hostname
> 
>   I can use fish:// and connect in TDE (I use it a
> lot). But sftp is what we
> need to fix. I still have some older opensuse 11.0 boxes at
> the office I can
> test and compare ssh connect strings with. The sftp:// still
> works on openSuSE
> 11.0 with the old openssh version. Any testing you can do
> will just help. If you
> don't have a test host for remote ssh connections, let me
> know, I can set one up
> for you.

I can test fish on my own network. I use SSH many times every day.

I don't have an FTP server set up here. Do I need that?

Darrell