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...ority: P2 Component: sftp AssignedTo: openssh-bugs at mindrot.org ReportedBy: mark.fuller at earthlink.net An older version of sftp (version 1, dated 2002) will "put" from a named pipe. Later versions (version 3) fail with the message Can't upload /home/b2bsockt/data/.pipes/6806-1: not a regular file I believe this is a bug (an unnecessary restriction). Considering the secure nature of ssh/sftp, I believe it is valid to put from named pipes which are being written to by a child process which may be encrypting sensitive data. A pipe is no more secure th...