Re: how to configure SFTP

2004-10-08 Thread David Powell
Adam, Thanks for that - it did the trick. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I had that line (almost) exactly as you typed it. The thing I missed was the uppercase "S" at the start of the line. I copied and pasted what you had and bingo, I can now sftp into the box - which is very convenien

Re: how to configure SFTP

2004-10-07 Thread Adam Aube
David Powell wrote: > I'm trying to setup sftp on my debian box, but am having some difficulty. > I have tried adding the following lines (not all at the same time) to > the sshd_config file: > > subsystem sftp > subsystem sftp-server > subsystem /usr/lib/sftp-server > subsystem-sftp sftp-server

Re: how to configure SFTP

2004-10-05 Thread David Powell
Some progress to report. Just edited the sshd_config file to include the line: Subsystem sftp-server /usr/lib/sftp-server When I restart sshd (sudo sshd), I get no errors, so I'm assuming this means the config file is fine. I still can't sftp into the box though, same error as below... Request

how to configure SFTP

2004-10-05 Thread David Powell
Hi All, I'm trying to setup sftp on my debian box, but am having some difficulty. I can log into it via ssh (using private/public keys and associated passphrase), but when I try to make a connection via sftp I get the following error message: Request for subsystem 'sftp' failed on channel 0 Coul