diff --git a/src/calibre/__init__.py b/src/calibre/__init__.py
index f747c756f3..bae748eacd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ''' E-book management software'''
 __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
-__version__   = '0.4.65'
+__version__   = '0.4.66'
 __docformat__ = "epytext"
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>"
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
index 9976d2180c..09c4c971bf 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ class %(classname)s(%(base_class)s):
         files = choose_files(self, 'recipe loader dialog', _('Choose a recipe file'), filters=[(_('Recipes'), '*.py')], all_files=False, select_only_single_file=True)
         if files:
             file = files[0]
-            raise Exception('a')
             try:
                 src = open(file, 'rb').read().decode('utf-8')
                 title = compile_recipe(src).title
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/sftp.py b/src/calibre/utils/sftp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49613991b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/sftp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+'''
+Create a file handle to a remote file over the sftp protocol.
+'''
+
+import sys, socket, getpass
+from urlparse import urlparse
+from binascii import hexlify
+
+import paramiko
+
+def agent_auth(transport, username):
+    """
+    Attempt to authenticate to the given transport using any of the private
+    keys available from an SSH agent.
+    """
+    
+    agent = paramiko.Agent()
+    agent_keys = agent.get_keys()
+    if len(agent_keys) == 0:
+        return
+        
+    for key in agent_keys:
+        print 'Trying ssh-agent key %s' % hexlify(key.get_fingerprint()),
+        try:
+            transport.auth_publickey(username, key)
+            print '... success!'
+            return True
+        except paramiko.SSHException:
+            print '... failed.'
+    return False
+
+def portable_getpass(username, hostname, retry):
+    return getpass.getpass('%sPlease enter the password for %s on %s: '%(
+                                'Incorrect password. ' if retry else '', username, hostname))
+            
+def password_auth(transport, username, hostname, getpw=portable_getpass):
+    for i in range(3):
+        pw = getpw(username, hostname, i>0)
+        transport.auth_password(username, pw)
+        if transport.is_authenticated():
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def connect_to_url(url, getpw=portable_getpass, mode='r+', bufsize=-1):
+    protocol, host, path = urlparse(url)[:3]
+    if protocol != 'sftp':
+        raise ValueError(_('URL must have the scheme sftp'))
+    try:
+        username, host = host.split('@')
+    except:
+        raise ValueError(_('host must be of the form user@hostname'))
+    port = 22
+    if ':' in host:
+        host, port = host.split(':')
+        port = int(port)
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    sock.connect((host, port))
+    t = paramiko.Transport(sock)
+    try:
+        t.start_client()
+    except:
+        raise Exception(_('Failed to negotiate SSH session: ') + str(t.get_exception()))
+    if not agent_auth(t, username):
+        if not password_auth(t, username, host, getpw):
+            raise ValueError(_('Failed to authenticate with server: %s'%url))
+    sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
+    return sftp, sftp.open(path, mode=mode, bufsize=bufsize)
+
+
+def main(args=sys.argv):
+    f = connect_to_url(args[1])[-1]
+    print f.read()
+    f.seek(0, 2)
+    print f.tell()
+    f.close()
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
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