Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Ronald Boshuis Subject: sftp failing with error message 'message too long' Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 11:38:41 GMT X-Sender: postmaster AT boshuis DOT demon DOT nl X-Originating-IP: 62.4.91.21 Message-Id: Hi, I've setup sshd on my Win2K machine as a service. ssh works fine, but trying to use sftp results (after authentication) in "Message too long" followed by a large number (and then dies). sftp localhost Connecting to localhost... rboshuis AT localhost's password: Received message too long 1092644453 I tried this both from a linux machine and my own Win2K machine. Same result. I checked the mail archive but couldn't find aything that looks like it's relevant. I enclosed the debug output from sshd. Any clues and/or tips are greatly appreciated. rgds, Ronald debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_3.4p1 debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1 debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: private host key: #1 type 1 RSA debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA debug1: private host key: #2 type 2 DSA debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0. Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Generating 768 bit RSA key. RSA key generation complete. debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 3399 debug1: Client protocol version 2.0; client software version OpenSSH_3.4p1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.4p1 pat OpenSSH* Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.4p1 debug1: list_hostkey_types: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST received debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP sent debug1: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 115/256 debug1: bits set: 1561/3191 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT debug1: bits set: 1581/3191 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY sent debug1: kex_derive_keys debug1: newkeys: mode 1 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: waiting for SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: newkeys: mode 0 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: KEX done debug1: userauth-request for user rboshuis service ssh-connection method none debug1: attempt 0 failures 0 Failed none for rboshuis from 127.0.0.1 port 3399 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user rboshuis service ssh-connection method publickey debug1: attempt 1 failures 1 debug1: test whether pkalg/pkblob are acceptable debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 13082/10513 (e=18) debug1: trying public key file /home/rboshuis/.ssh/authorized_keys debug1: restore_uid debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 13082/10513 (e=18) debug1: trying public key file /home/rboshuis/.ssh/authorized_keys2 debug1: restore_uid Failed publickey for rboshuis from 127.0.0.1 port 3399 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user rboshuis service ssh-connection method keyboard-interactive debug1: attempt 2 failures 2 debug1: keyboard-interactive devs debug1: auth2_challenge: user=rboshuis devs= debug1: kbdint_alloc: devices '' Failed keyboard-interactive for rboshuis from 127.0.0.1 port 3399 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user rboshuis service ssh-connection method password debug1: attempt 3 failures 3 Accepted password for rboshuis from 127.0.0.1 port 3399 ssh2 debug1: Entering interactive session for SSH2. debug1: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK debug1: fd 7 setting O_NONBLOCK debug1: server_init_dispatch_20 debug1: server_input_channel_open: ctype session rchan 0 win 131072 max 32768 debug1: input_session_request debug1: channel 0: new [server-session] debug1: session_new: init debug1: session_new: session 0 debug1: session_open: channel 0 debug1: session_open: session 0: link with channel 0 debug1: server_input_channel_open: confirm session debug1: server_input_channel_req: channel 0 request subsystem reply 1 debug1: session_by_channel: session 0 channel 0 debug1: session_input_channel_req: session 0 req subsystem subsystem request for sftp debug1: subsystem: exec() /usr/sbin/sftp-server debug1: fd 10 setting O_NONBLOCK debug1: fd 9 setting O_NONBLOCK debug1: channel 0: rcvd eof debug1: channel 0: output open -> drain debug1: channel 0: obuf empty debug1: channel 0: close_write debug1: channel 0: output drain -> closed debug1: channel 0: read<=0 rfd 10 len 0 debug1: channel 0: read failed debug1: channel 0: close_read debug1: channel 0: input open -> drain debug1: channel 0: ibuf empty debug1: channel 0: send eof debug1: channel 0: input drain -> closed debug1: Received SIGCHLD. debug1: session_by_pid: pid 1468 debug1: session_exit_message: session 0 channel 0 pid 1468 debug1: channel request 0: exit-status debug1: session_exit_message: release channel 0 debug1: session_close: session 0 pid 1468 debug1: channel 0: send close debug1: channel 0: rcvd close debug1: channel 0: is dead debug1: channel 0: garbage collecting debug1: channel_free: channel 0: server-session, nchannels 1 Connection closed by remote host. 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