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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Charles D. Russell wrote:

> Why does ssh work but not sftp?   What is wrong with my configuration?
> sftp works OK in the other direction, from sony06 to dell03.
>
> cdr AT dell03 ~/cygarc
> $ sftp sony06
> Connecting to sony06...
> Received message too long 1920298606
>
> cdr AT dell03 ~/cygarc
> $ ssh sony06
> Last login: Wed Sep 26 20:05:06 2007 from dell03
> Fanfare!!!
> You are successfully logged in to this server!!!

When you connect via ssh, you get a login shell.  When you connect via
sftp, you get a non-login shell, which communicates with the sftp command
via standard output.  Make sure your non-login shell doesn't print
anything (say, from .bashrc).

FWIW, 1920298606 in hex is 72756E6E (which also spells "runn").
Coincidence? ;-)
	Igor
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