Is it possible to make sftp available on windows?

[Xuanwo]

Hi, sftp is marked as unix only. But windows seems have sftp support too. I want to know is it possible to make sftp available on windows and macos?

[Xuanwo]

cc @silver-ymz and @NobodyXu for comments.

[silver-ymz]

It seems be blocked by openssh-rust/openssh-mux-client#6

And openssh-rust windows support has been tracked in https://github.com/openssh-rust/openssh/milestone/2

[Xuanwo]

Thanks a lot for the information!

[NobodyXu]

@silver-ymz is right, it's blocked on that issue and I don't have much time to work on it recently.

Would probably have to re-consider how to implement it, probably reducing scope and simplify the impl (I added a bunch custom sync primitives that are more performant but just wasting effort) and start implementing it.

[NobodyXu]

I would welcome any PR on that and willing to spend my time reviewing them quickly after PR opens/updates and answering questions for as long as it takes

I'm currently busy with my $DAYJOB and other open source projects, so it would take a long time until I get to do it myself.

[Xuanwo]

I'm currently busy with my $DAYJOB and other open source projects, so it would take a long time until I get to do it myself.

Thanks a lot for your contribution!

I initiated this inquiry to gather information about the context, and now that I am aware of its feasibility, it has unfortunately been blocked. We will proceed with this task once we receive sufficient user requests for this feature. Therefore, there is no need to rush.

[Xuanwo]

cc @silver-ymz, would you like to start a PR to update the comments about sftp services that unix only? This will allow users who are interested in this feature to leave their comments here and contribute to its development. I think we can link to this issue directly.

[silver-ymz]

I'd like to do it.
And we can also update the comments about password login support. We can link it to openssh-rust/openssh#119. I think this is also a feature that users expect.

[Xuanwo]

We can link it to openssh-rust/openssh#119. I think this is also a feature that users expect.

I prefer to start an issue at OpenDAL, link to openssh-rust in the issue. And our docs should only link to OpenDAL's issue.

[silver-ymz]

I have opened an issue #2966 to track password login support.

[Xuanwo]

Hi, I would like to suggest removing the blocked by upstream label. It seems more like pressure on the upstream instead of being helpful.

Let me clarify the following points:

• No users have requested this feature.
• The upstream is willing to accept this contribution but it has been postponed due to lack of time.
• We proposed the feature request ourselves and it should not burden the upstream.
• We are not blocked and there is no need for us to add this label.

[aawsome]

As we use opendal in rustic (thank you very much for your great project!!), I wanted to mention that we would like to request this feature.