SFTP via JSch is throwing error 4: Failure

Question

I am facing a peculiar issue while trying to SFTP a file from Windows to Unix server. The error "stack trace" is -

4: Failure
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.throwStatusError(ChannelSftp.java:2846)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.checkStatus(ChannelSftp.java:2459)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp._sendCLOSE(ChannelSftp.java:2465)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp._put(ChannelSftp.java:683)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.put(ChannelSftp.java:475)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.put(ChannelSftp.java:365)

I have searched a lot on other forums but could not get to the root cause. I have observed one more thing - the file name, I am trying to SFTP, is *.xml when I change it to *.XML the SFTP is "successful". Very weird could not identify the issue. I am trying this using JSch Java API. But I have seen the same issue while trying the WinSCP front end.

Renegado

Answer 1

It is common for OpenSSH SFTP server to return code 4 (Failure) for many different reasons, without giving any details.

You would have to check SFTP server log to find more.

Though the most usual cause is a lack of free disk or user quota space – Which can usually be identified by the file being created with zero size.

Hindemith

In my case, the destination path was invalid: channelSftp.put(new ByteArrayInputStream("Hello World!".getBytes()),"/Bad/path/hello.txt"); – Engen

Answer 2

i was facing the same issue. was puzzled then i realized there was a space issue on the server folder. Please do check the server available space.

command: df path to the folder

Necrotomy

Same with me, it was a space issue problem – Marinara

Answer 3

I was facing the same issue. Please make sure that your SFTP service is running. And If it is already running then restarting this service should do the trick.

Overdue

Answer 4

I had the same issue. Tried everything, turns out I had set the timeout to what I thought was 30s but it was actually 30ms. Changing it to 30000ms solved the issue.

session.setTimeout(30000);

Abacist

Answer 5

I've seen this error and the cause in my case was, the uploaded file names weren't supported by the file system used by the SFTP server.

Jerk