Hi I am using paramiko 1.7.6 "fanny" on microsoft windows xp v2002 service pack3 with python 2.4.2 

I have the follwing script:

```
import paramiko

hostname='blah' 
port=22
username='blah'
password='blah'
fullpath='\\\\root\\path\\file.xls'
remotepath='/inbox/file.xls'

self.client= paramiko.SSHClient()
self.client.load_system_host_keys()
self.client.connect(hostname,port,username,password)
sftp = self.client.open_sftp()
sftp.put(fullpath,remotepath)

```

the error I get is:

```
sftp.put(fullpath,remotepath))

File "build\bdist.win32\egg\paramiko\sftp_client.py", line 577, in put
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\paramiko\sftp_client.py", line 337, in stat
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\paramiko\sftp_client.py", line 628, in _request
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\paramiko\sftp_client.py", line 675, in _read_response
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\paramiko\sftp_client.py", line 701, in _convert_status
IOError: [Errno 2] /inbox/file.xls is not a valid file path

```

but the path definitely exists (I can move into it using sftp.chdir('inbox')) I
have also tried moving into the folder and using put but I get the exact same
error (did take out inbox prefix)

Has anyone had this issue?

Cheers
matt