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

From: Michael Favor (no-spam_at_example.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:02:53 GMT

"Carlo Luciano Bianco" <clbianco@tiscalinet.it> wrote in message
news:Xns94B870319C35clbiancotiscalinetit@127.0.0.1...
> "Michael Favor" <no-spam@example.com> wrote in
> news:mfq8c.42369$ys7.1710@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com:
>
> > 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."
> >
> > The authentication part seems to be working fine, it's only the SFTP
> > part that doesn't seem to be working. Any suggestions for how to
> > troubleshoot this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Such a problem may happen if the server sends "extra" messages after the
> login, e.g. warning you that the password is expiring in 2 weeks. If you
> connect to that server with an interactive shell, what do you see after
> the login? Are there differences with what you see on a server where SFTP
> works?

This was an excellent suggestion. I had been using the very nice WinSCP
client, but when I connected to the remote host by using the "SSH" command
from the CYGWIN command prompt, I was able to see right away what the
problem was. Those "extra" messages provided just the information I
needed.

Thanks for the hint, Carlo!

regards,
michael.

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