problem with sftp

[Saurabh Rawat]

HI guyz,

When I do sftp to a system it gives an error

sftp username@servername....connecting and then it asks for the password and connection get closed. What could be the possible reason?

The configurations are as follows

Login name: champion
Directory: /volumes/champusers/champion Shell: /usr/bin/false
Never logged in.

[Heironimus]

It's because you have /usr/bin/false as the shell. You need either a normal shell or one designed specifically to support sftp, such as rssh or scponly.

[Saurabh Rawat]

Thnks,

But would only default shell will work or I'll have to give specific shell that you mentioned for sftp?

[Heironimus]

Any real shell (sh, ksh, etc.) will work, but it will also grant the user account shell access. The two specialized shells I mentioned are used to grant sftp or scp access without also granting shell access. Use whichever one meets your needs.

[Saurabh Rawat]

Yup!!

I tried ksh and its working. Thanks fo rur help!!