topic Re: sftp error message - help in Operating System - HP-UX

sftp error message - help

jayan_3 — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:34:46 GMT

Hi ,
openssh implemented in two servers and when tried sftp,I get the following message

sftp hpsys
Connecting to hpsys
jayan Password:
Received message too long 538976288

How do we go about this ?

regards
Jayan

Re: sftp error message - help

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:14:26 GMT

Hi Jayan,

Looks like the protocol exchange is getting messed up somewhere. It happens mostly due to the users' startup files such as .profile ,.login. Try with a default .profile on hpsys and see if it helps. Also I wouldn't rule out things such as password expiry, disabled accounts etc.,

If possible, try running sshd in debug mode (sshd -d) on the otherserver and see the output.

-Sri

Re: sftp error message - help

Ivajlo Yanakiev — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:18:55 GMT

Take a look at /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
ssh will write some info for connection.

Re: sftp error message - help

Jordan Bean — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:07:54 GMT

run sshd in full debug mode:

/path/to/sshd -ddde > /tmp/sshd.err 2>&1

this will run sshd in the forground and send all debugging messages to stdout and stderr. sshd will terminate after one connection.

post the file sshd.err so we can help you debug.