Re: Setting up sftp.

["Ed Wilts" <ewilts ewilts org>]

> I got ssh working between 2 computers and I want to take advantage of sftp
> as well. I did not find any sftp packages to install. I read the
sftp-server
> manpage which says that sftp-server is started by sshd. Therefore, I tried
> to connect to the other machine using sftp by failed. It prompts me for
> password and upon supplying the correct password, an error message appears
> saying "<something> is too long" (sorry, can't remember the exact
> <something>) and disconnects there after.

I'm willing to bet that it's "Received message too long".  There are a few
things that can cause this:
    - shell is unusual
    - protocol mismatch
    - .profile putting out messages before signon is complete (this should
only be done on interactive logons).

Go to
http://www.google.com/search?q=sftp+received+message+too+long&num=30&hl=en&n
ewwindow=1&sa=n&oq=sftp+received+message+too+lnog

The message wrapped, but go to google and enter "sftp received message too
long" and you'll see a few suggestions on things to try.


Ed Wilts
Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts ewilts org