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Re: SFTP question



On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 02:52:28PM +0200, Danny wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I am trying to setup SFTP (ssh) with ProFTP.
> 
> My /etc/proftpd/conf.d/sftpd.conf looks like this:
> 
> #######################################################################
> <IfModule mod_sftp.c>
> SFTPEngine on
> Port 7003
> SFTPLog /var/log/proftpd/sftp.log
> # Configure both the RSA and DSA host keys, using the same host key
> # files that OpenSSH uses.
> SFTPHostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
> SFTPHostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
> SFTPAuthMethods publickey
> SFTPAuthorizedUserKeys file:/etc/proftpd/authorized_keys/%u
> SFTPCompression delayed
> </IfModule>
> ######################################################################
> 
> I added the following line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
> 
> Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
> 
> I generated a key for each user that will use SFTP located in their
> /home/USER/.ssh/ directory
> 
> As you can see, I have setup SFTP to listen on port 7003.
> 
> My question is the following: The users that will connect to the ssh server uses
> FileZilla and mostly from Windows based machines. I copied the "id_rsa" key
> files (which was generated on Debian) to the Windows user's "My Documents"
> folder on Windows. I also added the (copied) "id_rsa" files to FileZilla.
> 
> However, I get an "Authentication Failed" followed by a "Critical Error:Could
> not connect to server" from FileZilla.

Did you put the contents of id_rsa.pub into a file called
/home/$USER/.ssh/authorized_keys on the sftp server?

-Rob

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