# bandwith limit, in kbit/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
#bandwidthlimit = 128
-# passed directly to ssh and scp
-sshoptions = -i /root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
+# passed directly to ssh, scp (and sftp in duplicity >=0.4.2)
+# warning: sftp does not support all scp options, especially -i; as
+# a workaround, you can use "-o <SSHOPTION>"
+sshoptions = -o IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
# put the backups under this directory
destdir = /backups