Kim, Thanks for letting us know about the solution. Since this information will be useful to others, I added that to the relevant documentation.
Andreas On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 06:04, Kim Horn <[email protected]> wrote: > We solved this problem. > > 1) Jsch uses the location $HOME/.ssh for the known_hosts file by > default. > - this location is $HOMEPATH/.ssh in Windows. > > 2) Open ssh uses this location too by default. > > 3) If you open an ssh session on the target host it will ask to add the > credentials to this file. > - however the session will fail as you should not have permission on > an SFTP server to do this; but thats OK. > > 4) As Now you have the updated known_hosts file > > > VFS:SFTP will now work with this host. > > Kim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Asankha Perera [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Asankha C. Perera > Sent: Monday, 6 April 2009 3:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: VFS Known Hosts Exception SFTP unusable > > Hi Kim >> I am getting a known hosts exception when using SFTP with VFS. This is >> obvious error, as Synapse has no idea of the SFTP hosts it can trust. > So >> jsch library can't find the known_hosts file as Synapse has not told > it >> where it is. Spent a few hours looking for somewhere to set this but > can't >> find it. >> >> Open SSH stores these in a know location, but Synapse-VFS doesn't know > this; >> as its not configured ? >> Other applicatons that use Jsch library have a documented setting for > this. >> For Jsch this file could be anywhere as it is up to calling > application to >> configure it, with a call to setKnownHosts. >> >> Does Synapse VFS Mediator use a known location for "known_hosts" file > ? >> - where do I put the Key ? >> - is there a setting for this in a config file ? >> - is this documented ? >> >> If above is not implemented then can I tell VFS to just trust this > host; is >> this an VFS option in Synapse Mediator ? >> - if Yes what is the syntax and should it be documented ? >> - if not why is this not an option ? >> >> >> Exception info ( note, I put in the XXX and LOCATION for security): >> >> FTP server at "sftp://XXX:[email protected]/";. >> org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not connect to SFTP > server >> at "sftp://XXX:[email protected]/";. >> > This seems like an obvious enhancement required. Can you open a JIRA > with this information? > > BTW, I believe your server is using a certificate issued from a private > certification authority?.. did you try importing its CA cert as a > trusted into the JDK's trust store cacerts? > > cheers > asankha > > -- > Asankha C. Perera > AdroitLogic, http://adroitlogic.org > > http://esbmagic.blogspot.com > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
