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Paramiko close connection doesn't work

I'm having trouble trying to close a Paramiko SFTP connection. Even though I call close the connection is still hanging, I check by running netstat (Windows):

netstat -an | find ":22"

and the python code:

ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.MissingHostKeyPolicy() )
ftp = ssh.open_sftp()
time.sleep(5)
ftp.close()

What is the proper way to close Paramiko SFTP connection that works?

thanks

Solution

  • This is the correct way to go about it

    import paramiko

ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
ssh.connect()

ftp = ssh.open_sftp()

ftp.close()
ssh.close()

    You need to close the ssh instance as well as the sftp.