From my tests on Linux, it seems like service sshd reload Only works when sshd is already running Stops sshd if the sshd_config file has problems Returns error code 0 even if the sshd_config fil...

Am using Apache MINA SSHD to build my own custom SFTP Server. I want to limit the file system my user sees. I just want them to see the directory structure under /aa/bb/cc I do not want them to ...

I'm looking for a way to check with a Python script if a service is installed. For example, if I want to check than a SSH server in installed/running/down in command line, I used : service sshd s...

I encountered a little issue while using the nc utility on Mac OS X, a utility i often use as a quick and dirty solution to check if a port is open and what version the daemon is running. We deplo...

I need to change the .Xauthority file location for a group of users to be $HOME/tmp/.Xauthority rather than the default $HOME/.Xauthority. I already tried what I could catch up from several source...

I want to allow password logins to my EC2 instances. I know which line it is that controls this in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and what it should be set to. Specifically: PasswordAuthentication yes How...

I want to create public git repository on my dedicated server for anyone to clone but it keeps asking me for password for git user. I have created user named git without password. Used: passwd ...

I’m hoping to set up a SFTP server in Java using Apache MINA. It seems to start OK, but when I try to connect to it with an OpenSSH client, I get: $ ssh localhost -p 2222 Unable to negotiate with...

I currently setup a single user on my virtual host like this: sudo useradd -d /website/ -m user -s /usr/bin/rssh sudo chown root:root /website/ -R #Don't get why I need this part but doesn't work...

Keys are properly deployed in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Yet ssh keeps on prompting for a password.

I've been having some trouble with restarting the SSH daemon with Ansible. I'm using the latest software as of May 11 2015 (Ansible 1.9.1 / Vagrant 1.7.2 / VirtualBox 4.3.26 / Host: OS X 10.10.1 /...

I have built a server/client system with Apache Mina SSHD. Clients connect the server by creating a session. Then they request port forwarding: session.startRemotePortForwarding(ssaRemote,ssaLocal...

I entered ssh-host-config into the cygwin prompt (started with admin privileges), said yes to privilege separation, new local account sshd, install sshd as a service; I entered no value for CYGWIN ...

In my code I am trying to keep the Jsch session active cause I expect many interactions with the server will happen. And the logic is: One thread will open channel on the session to check if a fi...

I need to create a user which can only SFTP to specific directory and take a copy of some infomation. that is it. I keep looking online and they bring up information about chroot and modifyin...

I'm trying to install hadoop, and I need to restart the sshd service in order to configure the connection between the nodes... However, whenever I write: service sshd restart a message error will b...

I found a very strange entry in my log files Jan 29 01:35:30 vs-proj-handy sshd[5316]: Received disconnect from 130.207.203.56: 11: These aren't the droids we're looking for. [preauth] I guess ...

I setup a Docker image that supports ssh. No problem, lots of examples. However, most examples show setting a password using passwd. I want to distribute my image. Having a fixed password, especial...

I want to use cygwin to install sshd in windows. But when I start the sshd service, it says: The CYGWIN sshd service is starting. The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started. The service did not ...

I'm not very familiar with it but there is installed openssh/sftp-server (by a vendor before) on RHEL and it was well running before i reboot the server. Then when i check after rebooted: # ...

I want to write an application that would be a custom SSH server with two types of connection: A sync channel, where clients type a command and the server would return the output An stream channe...

I'm looking to move small files (at unknown times and in unknown quantities) from one server to another using JSch - unfortunately, I tried to open up a session for each transfer which quickly bomb...

I am trying to use Hadoop on my Mac, but it requires Java and ssh, so I need to install them. I have already done the ssh part with the help of Homebrew, but after I download sshd, I don't kn...

I just downloaded Cygwin for Windows 7. I want to install an OpenSSH SSH daemon, and after running "ssh-host-config", I tried starting the service by running $net start sshd System error 106...

Excited about being ready to do my first git push ever, I created an alias for PuTTY in my cygwin environment: alias ssh="/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2/putty/PUTTY.EXE" Then invoked (inside my working di...