sshd and ftpd

[Steven Susbauer]

Preston Kutzner wrote:
> On Apr 24, 2009, at 9:44 PM, Steven Susbauer wrote:
>>
>> It's even easier. In Gnome Ubuntu you can go to Places> Connect to
>> Server and choose SSH, it will mount the remote system on the desktop.
> 
> 
> Totally forgot about that.  I tend to be a command-line user in most  
> cases, so I tend to more readily come up with command-line solutions.   
> Does gvfs support connecting via sftp using ssh keys?  I don't have my  
> ubuntu box handy to try it out myself.

It does indeed support key-based authentication, as long as the key is 
in the right place is will do it transparently (or ask you to unlock it 
if the keyring hasn't already).