Ubuntu – How to use sftp within Nautilus

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Since I have migrated to Ubuntu 14.04, I am unable to access sftp through Nautilus.

If I enter "sftp://user@sshserver" in Nautilus (ctrl+L), I got the error message:

Sorry, could not display all the contents of “vmalep (sftp)”: The
specified location is not supported

Very confused because it was working with the same server and with the previous version. Same problem to access another ssh server laptop in the same LAN.

Thanks in advance for your support!
Pierre

Best Answer

It seems that installing gvfs-backends solve the problem...

sudo apt-get install gvfs-backends

Update:

Nautilus supports FTPS now that the bug linked below has (finally) been fixed (Thanks @HullCityFan852).

Original post:

Nautilus does not support FTPS, see that bug (opened a long time ago but still no progress)

As an alternative, you can use FileZilla:

FileZilla client supports FTPS both implicit (FTPS:// protocol), and explicit (FTPES://).

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Installing gvfs-backends should allow Nautilus to use most common protocols (including SMB, SSH, etc.).

sudo apt-get install gvfs-backends

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