Fetch Softworks

SFTP / SSH Keys (5 posts)

• Started 15 years ago by audiobee
• Latest reply 15 years ago from audiobee

• audiobee Member

  I read through the ssh topics on the boards and still can't figure out the SFTP connection.

  I used terminal on MAC OS 10.5 to create a ssh public/private key pair for a client. They installed the public key on their end, but whenever I attempt to connect, I am refused access. I moved the pair of keys to the ~.ssh/ folder, and there is no passphrase associated with the private key so I never receive that prompt.

  Thanks in advance for your help.

  Posted 15 years ago #

• Commoner Member

  Can you connect by sftp from Terminal?

  Posted 15 years ago #

• audiobee Member

  No, it asks for a password and then denies entry.

  Posted 15 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  It might be helpful to type:

  ssh -v -v -v username@hostname

  in Terminal, substituting the actual username and hostname. The -v flags will tell ssh to output lots of debugging information, which may help pinpoint what is going wrong.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 15 years ago #

• audiobee Member

  thank you. That worked. apparantly it was looking for a differently named private key file. I renamed the keyfile and it is working fine in terminal and fetch.

  thanks much

  Posted 15 years ago #