Package: lftp Version: 4.8.4-2+b1 Severity: normal The "open" command does not initiate the connection, and it appears impossible to do that. This makes lftp unusable with SimpleSSHD under Android when a key hasn't been defined yet, for instance. There is no such issue with sftp.
The problem is the following: when SimpleSSHD has just been installed, there isn't a key yet. Thus, when one connects by sftp, SimpleSSHD outputs a random, temporary password for security. The password is provided only once one has initiated the connection (since it will change at each connection). The problem with lftp is that when it asks the password, it hasn't initiated the connection, so that one does not know the password. Note: If one gives a dummy password, lftp tries to connect, and SimpleSSHD outputs the password that should have been used. But after the login failure, lftp closes the connection, so that at the next connection the password will change. Thus this does not solve the problem. Note: This method with the random, temporary password must be used in order to upload the key in authorized_keys. -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages lftp depends on: ii libc6 2.29-1 ii libgcc1 1:9.2.1-8 ii libgnutls30 3.6.9-5 ii libidn2-0 2.2.0-2 ii libreadline8 8.0-3 ii libstdc++6 9.2.1-8 ii libtinfo6 6.1+20190803-1 ii netbase 5.6 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1+b1 Versions of packages lftp recommends: ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:8.0p1-6 lftp suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
