sftp -b <batch> refuses to connect

[Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 freenet de>]

Grumble, typo in the subject. Of cause, I am talking about "sftp -b",
sorry.

On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 12:00 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Since having upgraded to FC4, I am experiencing a strange problem with
> sftp -b <batch>
> 
> "sftp -b <batch> user somesite" refuses to connect:
> 
> # sftp -b upload.ftp user somesite
> Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
> Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer
> 
> While "sftp user somesite", i.e. interactively using sftp, works:
> # sftp user somesite
> Connecting to somesite ...
> Password: ...
> 
> ssh and scp access to the same site also works.
> 
> Any ideas?