Not keeping SFTP passwords in vfs.toml?

[iandol]

What system are you running Yazi on?

macOS

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

kitty 0.48.1

ya env output

Yazi
    Version: 26.9.1 (112aece 2026-09-20)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : aarch64-apple-darwin (macos-aarch64)
    Rustc  : 1.98.1 (48a229ce 2026-09-01)
    Backtrace: None

Ya
    Version: 26.9.1 (a228e69 2026-09-16)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : aarch64-apple-darwin (macos-aarch64)
    Rustc  : 1.98.1 (48a229ce 2026-09-01)

Config
    Init             : /Users/ian/.config/yazi/init.lua (601 chars)
    Yazi             : /Users/ian/.config/yazi/yazi.toml (3888 chars)
    Keymap           : /Users/ian/.config/yazi/keymap.toml (3784 chars)
    Theme            : /Users/ian/.config/yazi/theme.toml (545 chars)
    VFS              : /Users/ian/.config/yazi/vfs.toml (585 chars)
    Package          : /Users/ian/.config/yazi/package.toml (1354 chars)
    Dark/light flavor: ArcSwapAny("catppuccin-frappe") / ArcSwapAny("catppuccin-latte")

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-kitty")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Kitty)
    Emulator.probe      : Emulator { brand: Kitty, version: ArcSwapAny("kitty(0.48.1)"), csi_u: Some(0), kgp: true, kgp_shm: true, sixel: false, background: Some([8481, 10023, 13107]), color_scheme: Some(false), csi_16t: (15, 29), force_16t: false, osc_5522: true, cursor_blink: false, cursor_shape: Some(1), mux: None, probe: Probe { id: Id(0), completed: false }, started: false }

Adapter
    Drivers.matches: Kgp
    TERM.dimension : Dimension { cols: 330, rows: 96, width: 4950, height: 2784 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : None
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : Some("/var/run/com.apple.launchd.xaFKpJ2Hgv/org.xquartz:0")
    NIRI_SOCKET                : None
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/bin/zsh")
    EDITOR             : Some("/Users/ian/.pixi/bin/nvim")
    VISUAL             : Some("/Users/ian/.pixi/bin/nvim")
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK      : Some("/var/run/com.apple.launchd.k8fERCAaWE/Listeners")
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : Some("--ansi")
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: Some("fd --type file --color=always --follow --hidden --exclude .git")

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRuleArc(OpenerRule { id: Id(24), run: "nvim %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "Edit with Neovim", for: Unix, spread: true }))
    block-create: Some(OpenerRuleArc(OpenerRule { id: Id(24), run: "nvim %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "Edit with Neovim", for: Unix, spread: true }))
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRuleArc(OpenerRule { id: Id(24), run: "nvim %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "Edit with Neovim", for: Unix, spread: true }))

Multiplexers
    tmux version       : tmux 3.7c
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Supported
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.41
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 8.0 / 8.0
    pdftoppm      : 26.09.0
    magick        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    fzf           : 0.74
    fd/fdfind     : 10.5.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 15.2.0
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : 0.10.0
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 16.02
    resvg         : 0.47.0
    jq            : 1.8.2

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xclip        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain

Describe the question

I keep vfs.toml in my github dotfiles repo. While I mostly use SSH keys, some SSH/SFTP servers need a password, and I can't include the password in my github repo, thus can't easily connect to these servers.

Does anyone have any advice on the best workaround for this?

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[iandol]

sorry realise I already asked this and forgot...