To connect to an sftp site using an SSH private key, the standard advice is to use
set sftp:connect-program ssh -a -x -i /path/to/key If the private key is unencrypted, this works fine. (A key loaded in a running ssh-agent also works fine, without the above.) But if the key is encrypted, the password prompt seems to be blocked: $ lftp sftp://cygwin:@cygwin.com lftp cyg...@cygwin.com:~> set sftp:connect-program ssh -a -x -i /path/to/key lftp cyg...@cygwin.com:~> ls `.' Delaying before reconnect: 30 The text `.' Enter passphrase for key '/path/to/key': XXXX sometimes appears briefly on the screen. Eventually the connection fails. It seems that lftp is blocking the password input from the console. Is this a known problem? Any idea how hard it would be to fix? lftp 4.6.0 in Cygwin x86_64. Thanks, Andrew _______________________________________________ lftp mailing list lftp@uniyar.ac.ru http://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/lftp
