hi all..

i have been successfully using this for many years now:

curl -T some_file user:pass sftp://ftp.server.com/dir/

to transfer files.

recently i came across a situation where i get this:

# curl -vvvv -T some_file user:pass sftp://ftp.server.com/dir/

* About to connect() to ftp.server.com port 22 (#0)
* Trying 1.2.3.4... connected
* Connected to ftp.server.com (1.2.3.4) port 22 (#0)
* SSH authentication methods available: publickey,password
* Using ssh public key file /user/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
* Using ssh private key file /user/.ssh/id_dsa
* Initialized password authentication
* Authentication complete
* Could not open remote file for writing: Operation failed
  % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
                                 Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
    0* Closing connection #0

curl: (79) Could not open remote file for writing: Operation failed
_____________________________________________________________________

the thing is i can manually login and deposit the file by doing just:
# sftp user:pass_at_ftp.server.com ...

it can't be permissions since i get in with the same user manually.
right? the remote system is a windows one (not sure if that has any
importance). i talked to one of their admins (he said he has never heard
of curl ?!?) and he can see me when i login manually but there is no log
or any indication that curl is (successfully ?!) connecting as the -vvvv
states.

i've gotten the error "permission denied" before (when the thing was
really permissions - played with my sftp machines) but "Operation
failed" doesn't point to anything in particular.

any ideas?

thanks...

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Received on 2012-05-01