Re: Error: "Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server?"
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/26/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:02:33 -0500
"Darren Tucker" <dtucker@dodgy.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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.
And why are you using sftp? Wouldn't you be better off with scp, or with an
"rsync -e ssh" combination?
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