Topic: Cannot download/upload

Hello,

I've got the following problem.
I can connect to the SFTP server correctly using WinSCP. Besides that I'm in a chroot jail as wanted and I can create directories and move files. So far it's working correctly, but when I try to download or upload some files I get the following error.

"Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server?"

sftp-server.log:
2008-09-23 15:04:29 [27772]New client [test] from [netid.ideaxis.local]
2008-09-23 15:04:55 [27772][test][netid.ideaxis.local]Quit.

auth.log:
Sep 23 16:20:14 playground sshd[15905]: Accepted password for test from 192.168.0.77 port 1701 ssh2
Sep 23 16:20:14 playground sshd[15907]: (pam_unix) session opened for user test by (uid=0)
Sep 23 16:20:14 playground sshd[15907]: subsystem request for sftp
Sep 23 16:20:14 playground sshd[15907]: (pam_unix) session closed for user test
Sep 23 16:20:16 playground sshd[15706]: (pam_unix) session closed for user test

Homedir rights:
/home
drwxr-xr-x 3 test   test   4096 Sep 23 11:00 test

Any ideas?

Kind regards,
Jurgen

Re: Cannot download/upload

Hi !

Which MySecureShell version and SFTP Protocol version are you using ?

Thanks

3 (edited by Ideaxis 2008-09-24 08:06:05)

Re: Cannot download/upload

I use MySecureShell version 1, openssl version 0.9.8c-4etch3 and ssh version 4.3p2-9etch3. OS Debian Etch.
Where can I find the SFTP version?

Thanks for your help.
Kind regards,
Jurgen

Re: Cannot download/upload

hi,

You can find here the forced protocol version for MySecureShell server :
http://translate.google.com/translate?u … &tl=en

But you needn't to force it. In WinSCP you can set this value to 5 and try like that.

Could we take a look at your configuration ? Thanks

Thanks

Re: Cannot download/upload

Below the configuration, it's just the default config I suppose, didn't make any changes:

## MySecureShell Configuration File ##
#Default rules for everybody
<Default>
        GlobalDownload          0       #total speed download for all clients
                                        # o -> bytes   k -> kilo bytes   m -> mega bytes
        GlobalUpload            0       #total speed download for all clients (0 for unlimited)
        Download                5k      #limit speed download for each connection
        Upload                  5k      #unlimit speed upload for each connection
        StayAtHome              true    #limit client to his home
        VirtualChroot           true    #fake a chroot to the home account
        LimitConnection         10      #max connection for the server sftp
        LimitConnectionByUser   1       #max connection for the account
        LimitConnectionByIP     2       #max connection by ip for the account
        Home                    /home/$USER     #overrite home of the user but if you want you can use
                                                #       environment variable (ie: Home /home/$USER)
        IdleTimeOut             300     #(in second) deconnect client is idle too long time
        ResolveIP               true    #resolve ip to dns
#       IgnoreHidden            true    #treat all hidden files as if they don't exist
#       DirFakeUser             true    #Hide real file/directory owner (just change displayed permissions)
#       DirFakeGroup            true    #Hide real file/directory group (just change displayed permissions)
#       DirFakeMode             0400    #Hide real file/directory rights (just change displayed permissions)
                                        #Add execution right for directory if read right is set
#       HideFiles               "^(lost\+found|public_html)$"   #Hide file/directory which match
                                                                #this extented POSIX regex
        HideNoAccess            true    #Hide file/directory which user has no access
#       MaxOpenFilesForUser     20      #limit user to open x files on same time
#       MaxWriteFilesForUser    10      #limit user to x upload on same time
#       MaxReadFilesForUser     10      #limit user to x download on same time
        DefaultRights           0640 0750       #Set default rights for new file and new directory
#       MinimumRights           0400 0700       #Set minimum rights for files and dirs

#       PathDenyFilter          "^\."   #deny upload of directory/file which match this extented POSIX regex

        ShowLinksAsLinks        false   #show links as their destinations
#       ConnectionMaxLife       1d      #limits connection lifetime to 1 day

        Charset                 "ISO-8859-15"   #set charset of computer
#       GMTTime                 +1      #set GMT Time (change if necessary)
</Default>

#Rules only for group ftp
#<Group ftp>
#       Download        25 k/s
#       LogFile         /var/log/sftp-server_ftp.log    #Change logfile
#       ExpireDate      "2007-02-28 18:31:01"
#</Group>

#<Group sftp_administrator>
#       IsAdmin         true            #can admin the server
#       VirtualChroot   false           #you must disable chroot to have a full support of admin
#       StayAtHome      true
#       IdleTimeOut     0
#</Group>

#<Group old_client>
#       SftpProtocol            3       #force protocol SFTP
#       DisableAccount          true    #disable account
#</Group>

#Rules only for group ftpnolimit
#<Group ftpnolimit>
#       Download                0       #0 = unlimited
#       IdleTimeOut             0       #no timeout
#       DirFakeUser             false   #show real user on file/directory
#       DirFakeGroup            false   #show real group on file/directory
#       DirFakeMode             0       #show real rights on file/directory
#       HideFiles               ""      #show all files
#       MaxReadFilesForUser     0       #0 = unlimited but still have the restriction MaxOpenFilesForUser
#</Group>

#<IpRange 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.5>
#       ByPassGlobalDownload    true    #bypass GlobalDownload restriction
#       ByPassGlobalUpload      true    #bypass GlobalUpload restriction
#       Download                0
#       DisableAccount          false   #enable account
#       IdleTimeOut             0       #disable timeout
#       LimitConnectionByIP     0       #no limit
#</IpRange>

#<Group trusted_users>
#       Shell           /bin/tcsh       #give a shell access to TRUSTED clients !!!
#</Group>

#<VirtualHost *:22>
#       DirFakeUser     false   #show real user on file/directory
#       DirFakeGroup    false   #show real group on file/directory
#       DirFakeMode     0       #show real rights on file/directory
#       HideNoAccess    false
#       IgnoreHidden    false
#</VirtualHost>

#Include /etc/my_sftp_config_file       #include this valid configuration file

Re: Cannot download/upload

deimos wrote:

hi,

You can find here the forced protocol version for MySecureShell server :
http://translate.google.com/translate?u … &tl=en

But you needn't to force it. In WinSCP you can set this value to 5 and try like that.

Could we take a look at your configuration ? Thanks

Thanks

I already set the SFTP version to 5 in WinSCP.

Re: Cannot download/upload

Please try this command:

MySecureShell --configtest

Re: Cannot download/upload

teka wrote:

Please try this command:

MySecureShell --configtest

Below the output of the configtest
--- root ---
GlobalDownload        = 0 bytes/s
GlobalUpload          = 0 bytes/s
Download              = 5120 bytes/s
Upload                = 5120 bytes/s
StayAtHome            = true
VirtualChroot         = true
LimitConnection       = 10
LimitConnectionByUser = 1
LimitConnectionByIP   = 2
Home                  = /home/root
Shell                 = (null)
ResolveIP             = true
IdleTimeOut           = 300
IgnoreHidden          = false
DirFakeUser           = false
DirFakeGroup          = false
DirFakeMode           = {default}
HideFiles             = {nothing}
HideNoAccess          = true
ByPassGlobalDownload  = false
ByPassGlobalUpload    = false
MaxOpenFilesForUser   = 0
MaxReadFilesForUser   = 0
MaxWriteFilesForUser  = 0
ShowLinksAsLinks      = false
PathDenyFilter        = (null)
SftpProtocol          = {default}
LogFile               = {default}
ConnectionMaxLife     = 0s
DisableAccount        = false
IsAdmin               = false
IsSimpleAdmin         = false
Charset               = ISO-8859-15
GMTTime               = {nothing}
CanRemoveDir          = false
CanRemoveFile         = false
ExpireDate            = {nothing}
MinimumRights         = 0000 0000
DefaultRights         = 0640 0750
Config is valid.


Thanks for your help

Kind regards,
Jurgen

Re: Cannot download/upload

I think that's the same problem on post (in french sorry) http://mysecureshell.free.fr/forum/view … d=477#p477.

So I will try to fix this and then you can test the fix ?

Thank you smile

Re: Cannot download/upload

Fixed on SourceForge CVS with version: 1.1rc5 cool

Re: Cannot download/upload

Apparently now it works. It must say that in meantime I've reïnstalled my entire computer and installed all latest software.
Thanks for you help.

Re: Cannot download/upload

I just was to happy apparently. In WinSCP it appears to work, except edit files doesn't work. But when I try the same with FileZilla I still have the same problem.

Re: Cannot download/upload

With MySecureShell 1.1rc5 ???

Re: Cannot download/upload

This may be a stupid question but I'm a newbie to this.
I installed MySecureShell with apt-get on Debian. How do I install this latest version? Can I do this with apt-get upgrade?

Re: Cannot download/upload

You can known the version of MySecureShell with this command:

MySecureShell --version

But at this time the last version available (package or not) is 1.0.

MySecureShell 1.1 is coming soon wink

Re: Cannot download/upload

Hello deimos,

Thx for your help so far. Can you give me the link where I can download the source files of version 1.1rc5.
I'm looking at http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=fr&a … LqyR6gtndA but it isn't there.

Kind regards,
Jurgen

Re: Cannot download/upload

Hello,

I've found the solution for my problem. The problem was that FTP clients use multiple connections and the 'LimitConnectionByUser' was set to 1. Changed this value to a higher one solved my problem.

Kind regards,
Jurgen

Re: Cannot download/upload

Hi,

MySecureShell 1.1rc5 is only available on source (no package) at: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=117807

Best regards,
MySecureShell Team.