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I am looking to try and sftp to my server using Ubuntu's "Files" window. From what I read I should be able to click "Connect to Server" and put in my address: sftp://user@ip/

The problem though is when I put that in, as soon as I hit the colon after sftp I get the following error just below in gray which does not go away even after I finish typing:

This file server type is not recognized

The connect button stays grayed out not letting me even try to connect.

I have tried pressing ctrl + l and putting in my location there, but it says:

Sorry, could not display all the contents of "ip(sftp)": The specified location is not supported.

Is there something I have to do to turn on sftp?

I am on Ubuntu 14.04

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Tyler
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Apparently I was missing gvfs. I installed it and now I have access to ssh:// and sftp://

Tyler
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I also ran into this problem.
According to this answer, I installed gvfs, but that's not enough; the problem remains.
I then installed sshfs and gvfs-backends according to this and this answers, and then problem solved.

Brainor
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If a list of options is provided for type of server to connect to, use the ssh option if it's available. Since before 10.04, it's always been listed as "SSH" instead of "SFTP".

In 14.04 where it asks for the prefix://address/ style of things, sftp is unrecognized. It uses ssh:// instead. So, accordingly, sftp://1.2.3.4/ becomes ssh://1.2.3.4/.

Thomas Ward
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