On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 10:07 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 04Feb2008 16:05, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | I have 2 machines that are essentially F7 machines. From machine A I > | cannot sftp to machine B as myself. But sftp does work to Machine B if I > | am root. > | How can this be explained? > | > | To be honest I have to reveal that Machine A is an olpc XO machine > | without passwds on any user including root. Machine B is my f7 laptop. > > You would need to examine /var/log/secure on machineB for diagnostic > errors. I would guess directory or file permission problems. Your suggestion solved the problem and showed that I was nnot thinking straight. The answer was my laptop did not have a user olpc. When I sftp-ed to akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx it worked. I felt pretty stupid not to have not caught that. Thanks for setting me on the road to the solution. -- ======================================================================= With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter. -- William Lloyd Garrison ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
