Starting SFTP (with PPK) from commandline ?

[Mirco75]

Hello,

I'm using KeePass to start FileZilla Client. All my passwords are in KeePass, in FileZilla no site is registered. KeePass starts FileZilla via (and this works perfectly):

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"C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\filezilla.exe" username:password@url

But now I want to connect to Amazon using SFTP. I have a PPK file, but don't want to create an entry in FileZilla sitemanager.
Is it possible to initiate a sftp connection from the commandline ? And provide the PPK file via the commandline ?

Something like:

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"C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\filezilla.exe" ....amazon.com -keyfile c:\mykey.ppk

Kind regards,
Mirco Babin (The Netherlands)

[botg]

Passwords should not be passed on the command-line as that's not secure.

To use sftp:// prefix the URI with sftp://

Note that the username is part of the URI, it's the userinfo part of the URI's authority part.

You can configure keyfiles in the settings dialog of FileZilla.

[Mirco75]

Thanx for your reply botg.

Using the sftp:// url syntax:

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filezilla.exe sftp://username:@ipadres

Does not work, because the PPK keyfile is missing. Filezilla gives (Dutch text):

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Status:	Verbinden met ipadres...
Antwoord:	fzSftp started, protocol_version=8
Opdracht:	open "username@ipadres" 22
Fout:	Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)
Fout:	Kan niet verbinden met server

How can I specify the PPK file to be used for authentication on the commandline ?

[botg]

You can't. You can configure the key file in the settings instead.

[Mirco75]

I want to request for this feature to be added, to specify the PPK keyfile on the commandline.

Is there a place where I can request this ?