sftp that is part of ssh correct?
is sshd running on the server your connecting to?
we use sftp/scp/ssh (all part of ssh) at work and had a similar problem
here (scp would not work) after digging it was due to sshd not running on
the server I was attempting to connect to.
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, William
Ahern wrote:
> i've installed sftp on mdk 7.0. `sftp localhost` works fine, but when i use sftp
> from a solaris machine i get:
>
> local path : /etc
> remote path : Error: connection was lost.
>
> remote server failed.
>
> any ideas?
>