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SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

FreeFall — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:28:27 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to use SFTP to move a file from an OpenVMS system to an FTP appliance. The 'put' fails and leaves an empty file on the destination.

Source:

TCPIP> show ver

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6
on an AlphaServer 800 5/500 running OpenVMS V8.3

sftp "-V"
dkb300:[sys0.syscommon.][sysexe]tcpip$ssh_sftp2.exe;1: SSH Secure Shell OpenVMS (V5.5) 3.2.0 on AlphaServer 800 5/500 - VMS V8.3
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Destination:

Kernel:
Linux 2.6.5-7.283-smp #1 SMP Wed Nov 29 16:55:53 UTC 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

OS:
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86_64)
VERSION = 9
PATCHLEVEL = 3

Device:
Axway (formerly Tumbleweed) Secure Transport Appliance
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sftp> debug 3
sftp> put login.com
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:753: Adding file login.com to file list without globbing...
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:625: File list is at its end.
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:930: Destroying global data...
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:362: File is "raw", and it needs to be parsed.
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2776: Received SSH_FXP_STAT
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2798: SSH_FXP_STAT login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2800: Statting file `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2860: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2928: attrs->size=1461
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:487: File login.com is not a directory. Adding it to list...
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:602: No more files in this list.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:2321: File list has 2 files.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:346: Setting next source file item...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:575: Next source file is /login.com .
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1297: Statting source file login.com...
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2776: Received SSH_FXP_STAT
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2798: SSH_FXP_STAT login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2800: Statting file `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2860: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2928: attrs->size=1461
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1370: Statting destination file . before trying to remove it...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1589: Statting destination file to check len ./login.com...
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:1903: Received SSH_FXP_OPEN
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:1981: SSH_FXP_OPEN login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:1997: Downloading `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2064: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:1272: (MAXFOPENARGS * sizeof(unsigned int)) + ARGSTRSIZ is 291
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:1272: (MAXFOPENARGS * sizeof(unsigned int)) + ARGSTRSIZ is 291
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1394: Statting destination file ./login.com...
SshReadLine/SSHREADLINE.C:3718: Uninitializing ReadLine...
FATAL: BUILD23$:[TCPIP_V56_BL9.SRC.SSH2]SSHFC_TRANSFER.C;1:1743 SshFCTransfer (function name unavailable) Assertion failed: tdata->current_dest_file->attributes->flags & 0x00000004

%TCPIP-F-SSH_FATAL, non-specific fatal error condition

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note that we have a VMS Multinet box as well which does not have a problem sending files to the same destination.

Any thoughts?

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

Hoff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:40:51 GMT

Look for and load an ECO kit, then contact HP support should a support agreement be in place and/or use Multinet and/or try a different sftp daemon.

Similar errors have been reported before:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1261792

Googling for

SSHFC_TRANSFER.C SshFCTransfer Assertion failed

will kick over a couple of more.

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

Steven Schweda — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:42:06 GMT

> HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6
> on an AlphaServer 800 5/500 running OpenVMS V8.3

Around here:

alp $ tcpip show version

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6 - ECO 4
on a COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 running OpenVMS V8.3

I'd vote for a little ECO action before
anything else. (TCPIP is none too good when
it's current, and it can be much worse when
it's old.)

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

FreeFall — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:02:40 GMT

Okay, now I have:

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6 - ECO 4
on an AlphaServer 800 5/500 running OpenVMS V8.3

Still the exact same problem. Multinet is not an option unfortunately. We're in the process of contacting HP however I'm not optimistic.

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

Steven Schweda — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:55:43 GMT

> Okay, now I have:

Looks like mine.

> Still the exact same problem. [...]

How "exact same"? My transcript (below)
seems to differ from yours, even before
things go bad.

Hmmm. Around here, no such problem.

I don't have a Secure Transport Appliance,
but I do have something like a GNU/Linux
system:

debi# uname -a
Linux debi 2.6.26-2-mckinley #1 SMP Thu Nov 5 03:58:10 UTC 2009 ia64 GNU/Linux

debi# ssh -V
OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007

debi# /usr/sbin/sshd -V
sshd: illegal option -- V
OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
[...]

ALP $ sftp root@debi
root@debi's password:
sftp> debug 3
sftp> put login.com
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:874: Adding file login.com to file list without globbing...
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:720: File list is at its end.
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:1051: Destroying global data...
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:401: File is "raw", and it needs to be parsed.
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3235: Received SSH_FXP_STAT
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3308: SSH_FXP_STAT login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3310: Statting file `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3445: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3549: attrs->size=6166
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:571: File login.com is not a directory. Adding it to list...
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:748: No more files in this list.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:2463: File list has 2 files.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:355: Setting next source file item...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:561: Next source file is /login.com .
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1283: Statting source file login.com...
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3235: Received SSH_FXP_STAT
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3308: SSH_FXP_STAT login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3310: Statting file `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3445: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3549: attrs->size=6166
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1432: Statting destination file . before trying to remove it...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1654: Statting destination file to check len ./login.com...
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2281: Received SSH_FXP_OPEN
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2359: SSH_FXP_OPEN login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2375: Downloading `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2442: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1456: Statting destination file ./login.com...
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:369: Starting transfer for file login.com, destination ./login.com
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:377: Calling OpenVMS$reset_terminal_pasthru()
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:498: transfer_shred entered
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:846: transfer_write_out entered
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:846: transfer_write_out entered
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:846: transfer_write_out entered
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:846: transfer_write_out entered
login.com | 6.0kB | 6.0 kB/s | TOC: 00:00:01 | 100%
SshFCTransferCore/SSHFC_TRCORE.C:877: Writer finished.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1943: Destination file attributes not available or that file is not a regular file; not changing attributes.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1972: Closing source file login.com...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1989: Closing dest file ./login.com...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:2036: Finished with file ./login.com.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:355: Setting next source file item...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:375: No more source files in this list.
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:198: Destroying thread data...
sftp> Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2949: Received SSH_FXP_CLOSE
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2951: SSH_FXP_CLOSE
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3053: Closed file `login.com' (handle=649dcd)

Now, it _is_ TCPIP, so it hung there without
displaying a prompt until I hit Return, but
then it resumed (sub-?) normal operation:

sftp> quit
SshUnixPipeStream/SSHUNIXPIPESTREAM.C:481: ssh_pipe_stream_destroy
SshReadLine/SSHREADLINE.C:3728: Uninitializing ReadLine...

And, at the far end:

debi# ls -l log*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6166 Mar 5 09:42 login.com

> [...] however I'm not optimistic.

One never knows.

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

FreeFall — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:35:47 GMT

Sorry, here is what I see:

sftp> put login.com
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:874: Adding file login.com to file list without globbing...
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:720: File list is at its end.
SshFCGlob/SSHFC_GLOB.C:1051: Destroying global data...
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:401: File is "raw", and it needs to be parsed.
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3235: Received SSH_FXP_STAT
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3308: SSH_FXP_STAT login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3310: Statting file `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3445: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3549: attrs->size=1461
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:571: File login.com is not a directory. Adding it to list...
SshFCRecurse/SSHFC_RECURSE.C:748: No more files in this list.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:2463: File list has 2 files.
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:355: Setting next source file item...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:561: Next source file is /login.com .
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1283: Statting source file login.com...
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3235: Received SSH_FXP_STAT
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3308: SSH_FXP_STAT login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3310: Statting file `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3445: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:3549: attrs->size=1461
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1432: Statting destination file . before trying to remove it...
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1654: Statting destination file to check len ./login.com...
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2281: Received SSH_FXP_OPEN
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2359: SSH_FXP_OPEN login.com
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2375: Downloading `login.com'
Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2442: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1456: Statting destination file ./login.com...
SshReadLine/SSHREADLINE.C:3728: Uninitializing ReadLine...
FATAL: BUILD12$:[TCPIP_V56_BLECO4.SRC.SSH2]SSHFC_TRANSFER.C;1:1835 SshFCTransfer (function name unavailable) Assertion failed: tdata->current_dest_file->attributes->flags & 0x00000004

The only difference that jumps out at me is the 'attrs->size=6166' vs 'attrs->size=1461'.

My disk is ODS-2. I wondered if it would work with an ODS-5 Disk for some reason - I tried it and still fails in exactly the same fashion.

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

Richard Whalen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:18:16 GMT

I suspect that the following lines detail the root of the problem:

Ssh2SftpServer/SSHFILEXFERS.C:2442: rfm=FAB$C_VAR
SshFCTransfer/SSHFC_TRANSFER.C:1456: Statting destination file ./login.com...
SshReadLine/SSHREADLINE.C:3728: Uninitializing ReadLine...
FATAL: BUILD12$:[TCPIP_V56_BLECO4.SRC.SSH2]SSHFC_TRANSFER.C;1:1835 SshFCTransfer (function name unavailable) Assertion failed: tdata->current_dest_file->attributes->flags & 0x00000004

I'm not certain what flag 0x4 is, but it could be file permissions being present on the remote file.
Does login.com current exist on the target system?

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

FreeFall — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:03:16 GMT

No, login.com didn't exist on the ftp server. Here are the results of doing an "ls -l" via SFTP. login.com was the attempt using ucx, and mu_login.com was put there using Multinet's SFTP client.

sftp> ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 0 Mar 10 02:40 login.com
-rw-r----- 1 1001 1001 5111 Mar 10 02:43 mu_login.com

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

Steven Schweda — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:40:35 GMT

Anything interesting in the system log
file(s) on the GNU/Linux end?

Re: SFTP Put fails OpenVMS to Linux

FreeFall — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:59:09 GMT

I couldn't resolve this problem in a timely fashion so I resorted to using cURL. It works, but it's ugly.
Thanks for all the replies.