[SOLVED] ssh file transfer on debian jessie

prudra · 05-02-2015, 11:47 PM

After installing debian-8.0.0 on my 2 laptops file transfer between them via sftp is now permitted only as root.
When I try it as user I'm told that 'Permission denied'. What shall I do make such transfers possible?

I posted this ptoblem on debian users' forum yet to no avail. May be
help will come from a larger community.

unSpawn · 05-03-2015, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prudra

I posted this ptoblem on debian users' forum yet to no avail. May be help will come from a larger community.

You're free to post your question anywhere you like any time but note you only posted your question there yesterday.

Quote:

Originally Posted by prudra

After installing debian-8.0.0 on my 2 laptops file transfer between them via sftp is now permitted only as root.
When I try it as user I'm told that 'Permission denied'. What shall I do make such transfers possible?

You shall first check the basics:
- Did you read the Debian 8 changelog about any changes in behaviour with respect to authentication methods and SSH?
- Did you customize any authentication methods and sshd_config or are they stock?
- Does the unprivileged user exist, does it have a valid shell and password?
- Does the unprivileged users ~/.ssh directory exist and does it, and the files therein, have the right ownership and permissions?
- Was the public key added to unprivileged users ~/.ssh/authorized_keys?
- Does the unprivileged user use pubkey auth and not a password?
- Are there any access restrictions?
- Do system or daemon log files show clues?
- Is there anything you forgot to add to your initial post we should know about?

prudra · 05-04-2015, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unSpawn

You're free to post your question anywhere you like any time but note you only posted your question there yesterday.

You shall first check the basics:
- Did you read the Debian 8 changelog about any changes in behaviour with respect to authentication methods and SSH?
- Did you customize any authentication methods and sshd_config or are they stock?
- Does the unprivileged user exist, does it have a valid shell and password?
- Does the unprivileged users ~/.ssh directory exist and does it, and the files therein, have the right ownership and permissions?
- Was the public key added to unprivileged users ~/.ssh/authorized_keys?
- Does the unprivileged user use pubkey auth and not a password?
- Are there any access restrictions?
- Do system or daemon log files show clues?
- Is there anything you forgot to add to your initial post we should know about?

Actually .ssh/ was not the culprit.
The culprit was the directory/ to which I was trying to write the files. Its owner and group was root. After changing these to user everything is fine. Thanks.