The upgrade to 14.04 did not install sshfs. It's not in the dependencies for deja-dup either, and so its absence led to the behaviour described. Installing sshfs fixed the problem as originally described by Ernestas for me.
Please cf - http://askubuntu.com/questions/459679/deja-dup-ssh-method-doesnt-work-writes-locally-instead for a detailled description of the problem, and - http://askubuntu.com/questions/456669/nautilus-connect-to-server-via-ssh-no-longer-present-in-ubuntu-14-04 for a more detailled description of the debugging process. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908791 Title: Backing up to ftp or sftp, creates "sftp:" or "ftp:" folder in Deja- Dup launch place To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/908791/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
