Problems using sftp on HMC IBM system

[Eduardo Otubo]

Ben Lindstrom wrote:
>
> On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Eduardo Otubo wrote:
>
>> Ben Lindstrom wrote:
>>>
>>> A more useful thing to do is:
>>>
>>> $ ssh hscroot at skiper /bin/true ## Use where your true bin is 
>>> located, on some it is /usr/bin/true
>>>
>>> If you see any output other than the "Banner" output (if you use 
>>> one, which it doesn't look like it). You need to fix your shell to 
>>> not output data on non-interactive shell connections.
>>>
>>> - Ben
>>
>> I think we're dealing with a very restricted shell, look what I got:
>>
>> otubo at phoenix ~ $ ssh hscroot at skiper /bin/true
>> Password:
>> /bin/bash: /bin/true: restricted: cannot specify `/' in command names
>> otubo at phoenix ~ $ ssh hscroot at skiper true
>> Password:
>> otubo at phoenix ~ $
>> otubo at phoenix ~ $ ssh hscroot at skiper
>> Password:
>> Last login: Tue Sep 22 12:02:00 2009 from 9.18.200.68
>> hscroot at hmc:~>
>> hscroot at hmc:~> which true
>> which: no true in (/hmcrbin/:/usr/hmcrbin)
>>
>> Any ideias?
>> []'s
>
> Make sure your sshd_config has:
>
> Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
>
> Otherwise I highly doubt it will work with a restricted shell. Since 
> sshd is pretty much doing $SHELL -c /path/to/sftp-server
>
> - Ben

As I said in the other email, I can't change this configuration, as soon 
as I solve I'll try this out too.

Thanks for the help.
[]'s

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