sftp error message - help

[jayan_3]

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

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

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

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

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

[Jordan Bean]

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.