Re: Error: "Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server?"

From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 01:19:18 +0000 (UTC)

In article <mfq8c.42369$ys7.1710@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>,
Michael Favor <no-spam@example.com> wrote:
>I installed Openssh on a couple of Windows 2000 servers with cygwin, using
>instructions I found on this web page:
[...]
>That worked fine on some servers, but on one I get an error when I try to
>connect to it that says:
>
> "Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server?"
>and
> "Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit
>status 1."

Sound like the sftp subsystem settings in sshd_config are wrong. Look for
Subsystem sftp /path/to/sftp-server in sshd_config, make sure the path is
right and sftp-server exists and is executable. 

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