How can I map a SFTP to a Drive, natively in Windows

windows-7 ssh windows-vista ftp sftp

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Solution 1

Setting up FTP is one thing.
But, supporting Secure FTP requires integrating a public key authentication mechanism into the system. Windows is not close to that yet (at least for mapping file systems). And, if any such thing is now supported in Windows 7, I'd like to know very much.

Meanwhile, freeSSHd is a very good tool for the purpose.
It also supports SFTP, though my favorite command through it is scp.

Solution 2

I don't think you can do that natively in windows, however here is a software corresponding to your needs: expandrive.
Hope this helps.

Solution 3

Swish is perfect for that. As simple as doubleclicking and set your drive : you're done !

It works perfectly on Win 7 32bits

Solution 4

See this question on Serverfault:

Is there an open source tool to map SFTP connections as a Windows mapped drive?

Solution 5

I have found the WinSCP is a good windows solution for SFTP in windows. It is not a mapped drive but it does allow for drag and drop and has Putty integration. Check it out at http://winscp.net/

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networ

Updated on September 17, 2022

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networ over 1 year

Today I saw that Vista and Win7 (which I am using) have the option to map ftp natively, according to this article:

http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-map-a-ftp-to-a-drive-in-windows/

But I need to have sftp... does windows has the same function for sftp?? I'm using SSH secure shell, and assuming that the file transfer that they have is sftp.
- Axel almost 15 years
  
  Actually, you've been able to map FTP locations as folders in this way since Windows 2000. You can also just type something like ftp://<server>/ or ftp://<user>@<server>/ into the Windows Explorer address bar.
- networ almost 15 years
  
  Interesting, I didn't know that. Tks !
- mpbloch over 14 years
  
  Elaborated on David Spillet and djangofan's answers.
- mpbloch over 14 years
  
  Note, my answer is not SFTP subsystem of SSH, but is FTP over SSH. Not sure if that works for you.
- Enigma almost 9 years
  
  5 years later and still this is not possible...
- faintsignal almost 7 years
  
  This question is not a request "for product, service, or learning material recommendations". Was there a different reason to close the question which was not available in the moderation tools back in '09?
- Saravanabalagi Ramachandran almost 5 years
  
  10 years gone, and still it's not possible
networ almost 15 years

Thanks, I commented on that question. But I was searching for some native tool, so I raised the question :)
networ almost 15 years

Yeah, sort of ... I was thinking something natively like the ftp, but don't think that there is (at least on Windows).
LiraNuna over 14 years

expandrive is sloooooooow and buggy when it comes down to permissions. I'd stay away from it.
AntonioCS almost 14 years

Does this freeSShd allow me to create something like a mapped folder to an sftp server?
nik almost 14 years

@antoniocs, I strongly doubt it cannot. But, would like to know if it can be done now.
Gnudiff over 12 years

Looks great. Just note that it doesn't support drive mapping and/or referring to remote folders in file management; you can also open file remotely, but can't save to a SFTP folder.
the-wabbit over 11 years

I am afraid, it cannot. Also, over time it turned out to be badly unmaintained. BTW: STFP NetDrive by Eldos is distributed under a freeware license and offers drive mounting as requested by the OP.
pauska over 11 years

Your intention is good, but the OP specifically asked for a solution to create a network mapping via SFTP.
Valter Silva almost 9 years

I tried Swish as well and you can only list your folder and file structure, you can't save any changes that you made.
Softlion about 8 years

NetDrive does not work correctly with SSH. Don't use it.
Uwe Keim almost 6 years

sourceforge.net/projects/swish
Alex Reinking over 4 years

I think I may need to burn my computer after clicking that link.