Question
How to connect to my server using SFTP?
- Posted on March 30, 2016
- Getting StartedSecurityUbuntu
Asked by cristovam4
Hello friends,
I’m trying to connect to my server using SFTP as told in https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-proftpd-to-use-sftp-instead-of-ftp
But I don’t understand how the ssh keys works. How can I get them from the server to use in FileZilla in my Mac?
I can connect to the server using ssh but not sftp. I get this
subsystem request failed on channel 0 Connection closed
And them I want to give access to another friend, to some folders. How do I create a ssh key for him and give him access?
Thanks
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In case anyone is still having this issue, here’s how I just fixed it:
It appears that, by default, my droplet did not have the SFTP subsystem enabled for SSH.
To enable it:
1 - Edit your sshd config file
vi /etc/init.d/sshd2 - Add this line to the file:
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp3 - Reload the ssh server to use the updated config
/etc/init.d/ssh reloadyou need to access to console anda change your root password, after this you can access in to sftp with you username root and your new password, i recomend to use WinSCP
you need to access to console anda change your root password, after this you can access in to sftp with you username root and your new password, i recomend to use WinSCP