On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:41:52PM -0400, Penguin Lover Philip Webb squawked: > debug1: Remote protocol version 1.5, remote software version 1.2.17 > debug1: no match: 1.2.17 > Protocol major versions differ: 2 vs. 1 > Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer > > It looks as if the U server has an earlier version of the software. > Egads, this is U Toronto? Still using ssh-1?
SSH-1 does not have the concept of subsystems, so while your version of ssh and scp can communicate with the ssh server at the other end, you cannot 'pass to subsystem sftp'... Whay you need to do, assuming that you university is using a version of ssh that bundles with an sftp-server, but NOT ssh-2, is to first 1. ssh into the server in question. 2. track down the path to the sftp server binary. In gentoo with openssh it is /usr/lib/misc/sftp-server. 3. Try running sftp with the flag '-s path-to-sftp-server-binary' the path should be the absolute path on the remote machine. Alternatively, ask your IT people about sftp. They should be able to tell you if it is possible to be used. And if not, tell them to upgrade to ssh-2 already. :) W -- (04:01:59) W: yep (04:02:02) W: I love linux (04:02:15) NJYWT: I love penguins Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1020 days, 7:15
