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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>
Subject:  Re: Making sftp and ssh work on cygwin
Date:  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:39:47 +0100
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Marielle Fois <marielle.fois@buongiorno.com>:

> Hello,
> 
> I recently downloaded cygwin and I've been trying to make ssh and sftp 
> work with no success. When I run these commands I get these outputs:
> 
> $ ssh user@142.268.10.26
> 
> $ sftp user@142.268.10.26
> Connecting to 142.268.10.26...
> Connection closed

142.268.10.26 is not a legal name, as hostnames cannot contain
ONLY numbers. And it's also not an IP, as IP's cannot be larger
than 255, but 268 is.

Alexander Skwar


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