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SFTP is a sub-protocol of SSH (technically a "subsystem" in the RFC-speak), which implements features similar to "legacy" FTP.

Anyway, our ssh server knows about sftp, so `sftp <host>` should just work.

Wonderful! How would it work with gui based clients for the check prompts? Just launches the browser?

Can’t wait to try this.

> Isn't SFTP just ftp over SSH?

FTP is a wholly different protocol, that has aged rather poorly. You might be thinking of FTPS, which is FTP with TLS. SFTP is its own thing and is actually decent/sane.

> can this be used to create SSO-enabled SFTP?

From another reply somewhere else in the comments, apparently yes.

SFTP isn't really FTP over SSH, it's just a collision of naming.