sftp only works for root

From: J.A.K.E. (jake1138_at_NO.SPAM.yahoo.com)
Date: 04/05/04

  • Next message: Nico Kadel-Garcia: "Re: sftp only works for root" 
    Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:23:13 -0600

    I can only get sftp to work for root. I'm running a new install of sshd (on
    Linux)...

    sshd version OpenSSH_3.8p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004

    If I sftp using a non-root user account, I get the following from sshd -d:

    --snip--
    subsystem request for sftp
    debug1: subsystem: exec() /usr/local/libexec/sftp-server
    debug1: Received SIGCHLD.
    debug1: session_by_pid: pid 4818
    debug1: session_exit_message: session 0 channel 0 pid 4818
    debug1: session_exit_message: release channel 0
    debug1: session_close: session 0 pid 4818
    debug1: channel 0: free: server-session, nchannels 1
    Connection closed by 192.168.33.2
    debug1: do_cleanup
    Closing connection to 192.168.33.2

    So it appears that the user is unable to launch sftp-server, but if I ssh in
    as that user, that user has no problem running
    /usr/local/libexec/sftp-server. The folder and parent folders all have 755
    permissions. If I make sftp-server suid root, then it works, but then of
    course that user can do anything root can do, so that's not a viable
    solution. Also, there is nothing in the login for that user that will echo
    anything to the screen (in other words, it has passed the "ssh
    user@localhost /usr/bin/true" test). And another thing I tried was setting
    "UsePrivilegeSeparation no" and restarting sshd and that didn't make any
    difference either.

    I've searched the net and the newsgroups and I cannot find the solution.
    Anyone have any idea what is going wrong here?

    SSH RESOURCES (in case they help somebody):
    http://www.openssh.com/faq.html
    http://www.snailbook.com/faq/ 

    -- 
Jason
[ jake1138 AT yahoo DOT com ]
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