[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1356: SFTP and FTP: allow logging in with an arbitrary cap URI as root directory

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#1356: SFTP and FTP: allow logging in with an arbitrary cap URI as root directory
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     Reporter:  davidsarah     |       Owner:  davidsarah                                     
         Type:  defect         |      Status:  assigned                                       
     Priority:  major          |   Milestone:  1.9.0                                          
    Component:  code-frontend  |     Version:  1.8.2                                          
   Resolution:                 |    Keywords:  sftp usability test-needed design-review-needed
Launchpad Bug:                 |  
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Comment (by davidsarah):

 I have manually tested that this patch works for SFTP with !FileZilla, and
 the OpenSSH command-line sftp client. I have not yet checked that it works
 with sshfs. I have not checked FTP (which I can't get to work at all
 because of #1360).

 Note that if you give an incorrect root URI as the password, the login
 will succeed but subsequent operations will fail. This is the same
 behaviour as when an incorrect root URI is given for the account in the
 {{{ftp.accounts}}} file. Perhaps the login should fail in both cases.

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