[Bug 45918] sftp module can't handle partially valid hostkeys, gives confusing error

[Ryan Lortie]

Public bug reported:

desrt at moonpix:~$ ssh vanilla
Warning: the RSA host key for 'vanilla' differs from the key for the IP address '71.19.4.161'
Offending key for IP in /home/desrt/.ssh/known_hosts:91
Matching host key in /home/desrt/.ssh/known_hosts:95
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
desrt at vanilla's password:


If I have this sort of error when connecting to a host over ssh then trying to open a nautilus window with sftp://vanilla/ locks for a while (30 seconds?) and then pops up this strange dialog:

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Could not open location 'sftp://vanilla/home/ian'

Details: Unknown error code: 46
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** Affects: gnome-vfs2 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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sftp module can't handle partially valid hostkeys, gives confusing error
https://launchpad.net/bugs/45918