FileZilla should parse and follow ~/.ssh/config directives when using SFTP

[lambada]

There are several useful things in ~/.ssh/config that would enhance FileZillas SFTP features on OSX and Linux.

On OSX and Linux, the standard way of doing things is for all SSH configuration management to take place in this one centralised file. This provides one-place management for settings such as

• Host Aliases
• Pairing of Host and Private Key information
• Port Settings
• SSH Proxy Settings

And various other configuration options (I've listed the ones that I feel should be considered essential).

[Filed under Linux, although this is equally as applicable to OSX]

[Alexander Schuch]

According to a comment in #7739, FileZilla parses ~/.ssh/config.

[calimocho]

According to that comment (​http://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/7739) FileZilla only uses the system's ssh-agent. This would not include host aliases, alternate ports, proxies, and other settings that can be set in ~/.ssh/config and that work with standard ssh tools like sftp and sshfs.

I agree with @lambada that this would make FileZilla much more useful.

[aaomidi]

I would like to ask, is there any information on this?

[Tim Kosse]

~/.ssh/config is the configuration file for OpenSSH. FileZilla does not use OpenSSH, its SFTP support is based on PuTTY's psftp.