On 9/7/05, Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:33 PM 9/7/2005, you wrote: > >When "ssh host" works but "sftp host" doesn't, where should I look? > > > >I appreciate your help. > > I guess you could try starting the server with debugging turned on and > see what you get from the logs there. Results from that are usually > more instructive.
It started working again after I changed /etc/passwd. When I recreated the file by doing mkpasswd -l, I also hand-editted something. That is the last part of the line, the login shell. Originally it was bash, and I changed it to tcsh. Being a tcsh fan all my life, I've always hated when I had to type "tcsh" right after logging in on a ssh session because the login shell is bash. When I did mkpasswd, I thought it was a perfect time to change my login shell to tcsh. And I was happy with the result: tcsh running as a login shell. With tcsh as a login shell, however, sftp didn't work. With bash, it is working now. So I take it. J -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
