# Pydio as SFTP WebUI **URL:** \ **Category:** Pydio 8\ **Created:** [January 28, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089 "2019-01-28T18:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmerlone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/mmerlone/32/601_2.png) [@mmerlone](https://forum.pydio.com/u/mmerlone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/1 "2019-01-28T18:50:16Z")
Hi, Simple question: can pydio (php version) be used as a dumb SFTP web ui with the user accounts from SFTP server, regardless of current pydio user base? I already have a pydio server working with AD auth on a Ubuntu 18.04 server. Best regards. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/2 "2019-01-29T10:51:27Z")
Hi, you can have users authenticate against an ftp server using their ftp credentials to log onto Pydio. ---
**Author:** ![mmerlone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/mmerlone/32/601_2.png) [@mmerlone](https://forum.pydio.com/u/mmerlone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/3 "2019-01-29T11:01:23Z")
Hi, Sure, I understand a logged pydio user can use an sftp server, the question is: can a sftp user login on pydio using the sftp credentials directly, without a pydio user? Regards. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/4 "2019-01-29T12:42:09Z")
Hi, yes you can log inside pydio without having to use a pydio user, you could use your sftp credentials directly to log in pydio.(after having set the auth method) ---
**Author:** ![mmerlone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/mmerlone/32/601_2.png) [@mmerlone](https://forum.pydio.com/u/mmerlone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/5 "2019-01-29T13:41:06Z")
Hi Zayn Thank you for your time and quick answer. I have enabled the “FTP over SSH” plugin, but I can’t find it as a driver option when creating a new workspace, can you please help me? Have I missed something? Best regards. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/6 "2019-01-29T14:08:30Z")
Once you enabled the plugin FTP over SSH in **Available plugins \> workspace drivers \> ftp over ssh** , then hit the refresh plugin cache button on the top left and it should be enabled. ---
**Author:** ![mmerlone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/mmerlone/32/601_2.png) [@mmerlone](https://forum.pydio.com/u/mmerlone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/7 "2019-01-29T15:45:49Z")
Done, but no luck. Should I then create a new workspace with such driver? I cant find it there. ![snapshot-2019-01-29-13-36-55](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/pydio/original/1X/095b824e217625727315e6d0a3a498372cdbf181.png) Also, I have disabled FTP, WebDAV and S3 plugins, but they are still available to create a workspace, see below. ![snapshot-2019-01-29-13-41-16](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/pydio/original/1X/d4a759fa6d1c8d575376dfcccc0324789bc5bc72.png) On time: I have hit the clear plugin cache button, doctrine cache, restarted apache, and see no changes on driver list when creating a new workspace. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/8 "2019-01-29T15:59:34Z")
here are my settings, maybe the default FTP should be enabled too, ![21](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/pydio/original/1X/35c5dbd0e2a1cf09f2d3fc01e499d1e118af9070.png) ![37](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/pydio/original/1X/40202eb0ad22f1ca9e34264ce7afb2accccc2522.png) ---
**Author:** ![mmerlone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/mmerlone/32/601_2.png) [@mmerlone](https://forum.pydio.com/u/mmerlone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/9 "2019-01-29T17:50:29Z")
No way to make it work. No matter what plugins I enable or disable I always have the same 5 options from my previous print. Any idea? ---
**Author:** ![mmerlone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/mmerlone/32/601_2.png) [@mmerlone](https://forum.pydio.com/u/mmerlone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/10 "2019-01-29T20:03:18Z")
I eventually managed to make a SFTP Workspace work after some manual cache deletion and server reboot, only to discover that it is not what I want, I still need to use a pydio user. I think what I want/need is another authentication driver - alongside with master and secondary driver - which is already set to my AD server - pointing to the SFTP server, so I can use a SFTP login on pydio login screen directly. Can this be done somehow? ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/11 "2019-01-30T08:07:26Z")
Hi, you can have 2 means of authentication one master and the other secondary, so as if you put sftp on master and pydio (db) on secondary it should work. ---
**Author:** ![mmerlone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/mmerlone/32/601_2.png) [@mmerlone](https://forum.pydio.com/u/mmerlone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/12 "2019-01-30T12:34:47Z")
So, to answer my OP: no, you cannot use a SFTP server as auth mechanism on pydio. One can create a SFTP workspace for users coming from other auth driver, but cannot use SFTP to login on pydio UI. Regards. ---
**Author:** ![geoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@geoff](https://forum.pydio.com/u/geoff)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/13 "2019-01-30T13:57:08Z")
Side question, does Pydio Cells expose a SFTP server? That would be very useful; if so, how do I set it up? ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/14 "2019-01-31T08:09:05Z")
Hi, no Pydio cells does not expose a sftp server. ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/pydio-as-sftp-webui/2089/15 "2019-01-31T08:13:42Z")
Hi, oh yeah sorry i might have been not clear on that, as you said you can have a remote ftp workspace and you can have users authenticate against this ftp workspace.