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RE: SFTP error 128


Ugh, top-posting...  Reformatted.

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Neil Aggarwal wrote:

> > One common problem with ssh-based services is stray output
> > from profile/rc
> > scripts.  Check that your login scripts don't output anything to the
> > console that may be confusing the sftp protocol.
> >
> > Also check for interference from the
> > <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA>.
> > 	Igor
>
> Igor:
>
> I turned off Symantec AntiVirus' protections and
> tried again.  I can connect to SSH using a domain account
> but when I try to SFTP, I still get error 128.
> There is nothing else running that I can think of.
>
> The profile is the default one by cygwin and
> there is no /etc/rc.d directory.
>
> I checked the Event Viewer.  The is an event with this:
>
> Event Type:	Information
> Event Source:	sshd
> Event Category:	None
> Event ID:	0
> Date:		1/4/2008
> Time:		11:47:50 AM
> User:		CRCGROUP\sshd_server
> Computer:	TCSERVER
> Description:
> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sshd ) cannot be found. The
> local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message
> DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use
> the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for
> details. The following information is part of the event:

Everything above this line in the description is cruft that Windows
inserts when it cannot interpret the message type id.

> sshd: PID 5980: subsystem request for sftp.

This is the actual message, and it looks like a harmless information
message.

> Any other ideas?

See if
<http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.security.ssh/2003-06/0117.html>
is of any help.

Also, is the sftp subsystem enabled in /etc/sshd_config?
	Igor
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