Connect to Remote Host with SFTP

When an SFTP session has been created, a connection can be made with a remote host using the SFTP protocol. If there are no sessions created, see 'Create Session' first.

  1. Select [Open] in the [File] menu. Sessions dialog box is displayed.
  2. Select a session for connection and click [Connect]. The SSH User Authentication dialog box is displayed.

    Fig. 2: SSH User Authentication dialog box
  3. For Password authentication, enter a password in the [Password] box and click [OK].
  4. For Public Key authentication, first select a user key from the list. Enter the passphrase for the selected user key in the [Passphrase] box and click [OK].
    • Note
      If a user key is not available, see 'Public Key User Authentication'.
  5. For Keyboard Interactive authentication, click [OK] and answer the questions given during the connection process.