#75 SFTP-Plugin no longer working

[charmingbear]

Hello, I used GC for a long time with SFTP-Plugin (from F-Droid) to get access to my home SSH fileserver (ubuntu 18.04, later 20.04).
Today I experienced, that sftp-access no longer works:
Enter my servername, username, password and the reaction in the tab header is "Please Wait"(german "Bitte Warten").
I tried it with GC 1.56.4, 160b1 from f-droid and Release from here "Ghost Commander 1.60.1.apk" and theyr SFTP-Plugins.
I tried it in Android 9 and Android 10.
And I tried another SFTP-App (spider from f-droid) with same credentials, this works.
As far as I remember, there should be a fingerprint to be shown, but it isn't. Only a blank black tab with "Please wait" in the header.
I checked the the sshd server for an active connection, but there isn't one.
Its a pitty, that I cant say, when was the last sucessful sftp-connection and what I did later ( updating GC or updating ubuntu )
Nevertheless, thank you for GC at all.

[zc2]

The old SFTP plugin is about to be retired. There is a new plugin which is based on a more advanced SSH library. Unfortunately, it is not available from f-droid, and furthermore, if you want to give that a try, you would need to uninstall the apps and the plugins you took from f-driod since the package signing is not compatible. If you still want to try, please download the latest app 1.61.2b1 and the new SFTP plugin from this SourceForge site.

[charmingbear]

Hello zc2,

Tried the new betas from yesterday ( I think you meant 1.60.2b1 ) and
voila it works.
Donated you for this good work. Thank you, happy and healthy New Year to
you.

Wolfgang from Saxonia,Germany.

Am 29.12.20 um 20:11 schrieb zc2:

The old SFTP plugin is about to be retired. There is a new plugin which
is based on a more advanced SSH library. Unfortunately, it is not
available from f-droid, and furthermore, if you want to give that a try,
you would need to uninstall the apps and the plugins you took from
f-driod since the package signing is not compatible. If you still want
to try, please download the latest app 1.61.2b1 and the new SFTP plugin
from this SourceForge site.

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[bugs:#75] https://sourceforge.net/p/ghostcommander/bugs/75/
SFTP-Plugin no longer working

Status: open
Group: v1.0_(example)
Labels: sftp-plugin
Created: Tue Dec 29, 2020 06:34 PM UTC by charmingbear
Last Updated: Tue Dec 29, 2020 06:34 PM UTC
Owner: nobody

Hello, I used GC for a long time with SFTP-Plugin (from F-Droid) to get
access to my home SSH fileserver (ubuntu 18.04, later 20.04).
Today I experienced, that sftp-access no longer works:
Enter my servername, username, password and the reaction in the tab
header is "Please Wait"(german "Bitte Warten").
I tried it with GC 1.56.4, 160b1 from f-droid and Release from here
"Ghost Commander 1.60.1.apk" and theyr SFTP-Plugins.
I tried it in Android 9 and Android 10.
And I tried another SFTP-App (spider from f-droid) with same
credentials, this works.
As far as I remember, there should be a fingerprint to be shown, but it
isn't. Only a blank black tab with "Please wait" in the header.
I checked the the sshd server for an active connection, but there isn't one.
Its a pitty, that I cant say, when was the last sucessful
sftp-connection and what I did later ( updating GC or updating ubuntu )
Nevertheless, thank you for GC at all.

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[zc2]

charmingbear,
Thank you for testing and for the donation. I will release the new plugin soon.
Happy New Year!

[Olivier Cailloux]

I am sorry if this is a stupid question, but I think I can’t find the new, recommended SFTP plugin.

I use Ghost Commander 1.60.1, installed “normally”, from the Play Store. Connexion to my desktop SSH server used to work, but now systematically makes the application crash. I suppose this is due to me using the outdated SFTP plugin. But where can I find the new one? Searching for SFTP Ghost (for example) on the Play store only shows the one I have already (together with other irrelevant plugins).

[Olivier Cailloux]

Oops, I just realized that I apparently already use the new SFTP plugin: the app information indicate that it was updated on the 16th of January, 2021, and the text indicates that it “now uses a completely differing underlying SSH library – jsch (…)”.

I suppose I will open a new bug report about the crash.

[zc2]

Prior that, please upgrade your app to 1.60.2, thank you.

[Olivier Cailloux]

Done, problem solved. Impressive!