SSH & SFTP

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charriso
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SSH & SFTP

Post by charriso »

Hello. I am having problems getting sftp backups to complete to the WingFTP server. Here are the details:

1. The originating server creates its own RSA public key
2. I cut and paste that key into a notepad (.txt) file and place the file in the Wing FTP root directory.
3. I created a user with no password and enable SSH Public Key Authentication on the Wing FTP server. The key path is the path to the .txt file I created.
4. I give the user directory all access permissions (read, write, delete, etc).
5. I initiate a test connection from the originating server. Below is the output from the Domain Log:

[02] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:56:27 (0000727) Connected from 10.220.46.8 (local address 10.211.26.190, port 22)
[01] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:56:28 (0000727) SSH session receive user name:ModMsg
[01] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:56:28 (0000727) SSH session receive password of user ModMsg
[01] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:56:28 (0000727) Public key authentication successfully.
[01] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:56:28 (0000727) SSH authentication completed successfully. Client information:SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.9p1
[02] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:56:28 (0000728) Connected from 10.220.46.8 (local address 10.211.26.190, port 22)

6. It appears that the user is logged in correctly via SSH, but the next step in the process is to transfer a dummy file and delete it. I cannot complete this part of the process. It is as if the Wing FTP server won't let the remote server write the file.

7. I have not been able to get the .txt file to be recognized on the Wing FTP server via the SSH key manager. I gave up on that as it appears I am authenticating successfully, I just cannot transfer any files. I am wondering if this is where my problem lies.

8. All works if I select ftp, (below is the output). My problem is that I must use sftp for these backups.


[02] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) Connected from 10.220.46.8 (local address 10.211.26.190, port 21)
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 220 Wing FTP Server ready...
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) USER ModMsg
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 331 Password required for ModMsg
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) PASS **********
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 230 User ModMsg logged in.
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) CWD /
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 250 CWD command successful. "/" is current directory.
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) PORT 10,220,46,8,128,101
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 200 Port command successful
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) STOR test_conn_dummy1
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for file transfer.
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 226 File received ok.Transfer bytes:0Bytes;Average speed is:0.000KB/s
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) PORT 10,220,46,8,128,102
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 200 Port command successful
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) RETR test_conn_dummy1
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 150 Data connection accepted; transfer starting for test_conn_dummy1 (0 Bytes).
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 226 File sent ok.Transfer bytes:0Bytes;Average speed is:0.000KB/s
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) DELE test_conn_dummy1
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 250 File deleted successfully
[03] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) QUIT
[04] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) 221 Goodbye.
[02] Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:13:02 (0000734) Closed session,disconnected from 10.220.46.8

9. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Re: SSH & SFTP

Post by FTP »

1. Please use "sftp", not "ssh".

2. You can upgrade to the latest version 4.3.8.
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