kalin
on the site you're having issues, have you been able to use curl in the past??

have they changes the site?
does the site use dynamic javascript to access it?

let the debug begin!!

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM, kalin m <kalin_at_el.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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