FW: 2 sftp questions

[Claude Jones]

Paul Howarth wrote:

>On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 18:16 -0500, Claude Jones wrote:
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>>Paul Howarth wrote:
>>| On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 00:59 -0500, Claude Jones wrote:
>>|| I got sftp working, today. I have two questions I can't seem
>>|| to answer: 1)   I first got it going by using the command line
>>|| in a terminal window. For another reason, I happened to be in
>>|| root. I connected and was able to log in after clicking past
>>|| the warning message about the unknown key and putting in my
>>|| username and password. Later on, I discovered how to do this
>>|| with gftp, also from root. Later on, when I tried to do this
>>|| with my username, I couldn't get in, getting a message that
>>|| the key couldn't be identified or something - so, my first
>>|| question is, is it a good idea to be logging in as root, and
>>|| if not, how do get past the warning?
>>|
>>| Please post the exact error message you got. I would avoid
>>| logging in as root if at all possible.
>>|
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>>Here are the results from logging in as root vs as user:
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>> From user:
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>>The authenticity of host '66.225.207.87 (66.225.207.87)' can't be 
>>established.
>>RSA key fingerprint is b1:29:73:c2:26:c6:1f:6b:83:5a:cd:80:bd:bd:2d:be.
>>Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
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>>Warning: Permanently added '66.225.207.87' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
>>Connection closed by 66.225.207.87
>>Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer
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>Does a user account of the same name exist on the remote machine?
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yes

>Does logging in to the remote machine as "root" work?
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>$ sftp root at 66.225.207.87
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Yes. That's what I'm trying to figure out. I can log in as root, but not 
as a regular user.

Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA