Looking for the holy grial of SFTP clients
 

Hi all. Like the title states, I am in need of a specific type of SFTP client. At work, we've inplemented an LTSP server and we're all switching to thin clients.

I've been asked to find an SFTP client that meets these specifications:

- It can only be managed by an administrator. In other words, only the admin can add new servers, usernames, and passwords

- It cannot allow password revelation

- The password file must be encrypted

- Obviously, it must run under Linux

I've never seen a client like this, and I'm under the impression that it simply doesn't exist. Any ideas?

Technically speaking, what you're asking for is nearly impossible. In order to use the encrypted file, it would have to be decrypted in memory, making it possible to get access to the passwords. SFTP is a relatively complex protocol, so implementing this on your own would be non-trivial. What is your long term goal here? Perhaps there's another way to approach this.

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