SFTP using ftplib
ftplib, python, sftp
Solution
As the question you linked to states, ftplib doesn't support SFTP (which is a transfer protocol over SSH and has nothing to do with FTPS, FTP over SSL). Use the recommended Paramiko instead.
Problem
I need to download a file from a host using SFTP. Do you know if is it possible to do that using Python ftplib? I saw an example here, but when I try to connect I receive `EOFError`. I tried this code: ``` import ftplib ftp = ftplib.FTP() ftp.connect( "1.2.3.4", "22" ) ``` This method returns with an error after long time so I cannot perform a call to login. I cannot try the constructor `FTP([host[, user[, passwd[, acct[, timeout]]]]])` because my port is 22 but `ftplib` default is 21. If I follow the example ``` ftp = ftplib.FTP("1.2.3.4") ftp = ftplib.FTP("1.2.3.4","22") ``` I receive a connection refused so I cannot enter any username password. Can you help me? Thank you very much