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Re: Curl sftp fails with ssh-userauth service error

From: Jeffrey Walton via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:20:54 -0400

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 7:09 AM Bharath Seshagiri (EXT-Nokia) via
curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se> wrote:
>
> When I try to sftp upload through curl executable I am getting following errors. Keys are configured properly and curl sftp fails with Failure establishing ssh session: -44, Unable to ask for ssh-userauth service error.
>
> Below is the curl version which has been installed.
>
> curl 7.82.0 (aarch64-poky-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.82.0 GnuTLS/3.7.1 (OpenSSL/3.0.7) zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.3.0 libssh2/1.9.0
>
> Release-Date: 2022-03-05
>
> Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher gophers http https imap imaps pop3 pop3s rtsp scp sftp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp
>
> Features: alt-svc AsynchDNS Debug HSTS HTTPS-proxy IDN IPv6 Largefile libz MultiSSL NTLM SSL TLS-SRP UnixSockets
>
> root_at_5GSM-SRC234610033:/etc/ssh# curl -vv -u ftpuser: --key /etc/sftpkeys/id_dsa --pubkey /etc/sftpkeys/id_dsa.pub -T //var/tmp/file.txt sftp://ftpuser@[2a00:8a03:190::6:6]//home/ftpuser/file.txt -k
>
> * STATE: INIT => CONNECT handle 0xaaaabdfd9920; line 1834 (connection #-5000)
>
> * Added connection 0. The cache now contains 1 members
>
> * family0 == v6, family1 == v4
>
> * Trying 2a00:8a03:190::6:6:22...
>
> * STATE: CONNECT => CONNECTING handle 0xaaaabdfd9920; line 1895 (connection #0)
>
> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
>
> Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
>
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Connected to 2a00:8a03:190::6:6 (2a00:8a03:190::6:6) port 22 (#0)
>
> * STATE: CONNECTING => PROTOCONNECT handle 0xaaaabdfd9920; line 2027 (connection #0)
>
> * SFTP 0xaaaabdfd8bc8 state change from SSH_STOP to SSH_INIT
>
> * SFTP 0xaaaabdfd8bc8 state change from SSH_INIT to SSH_S_STARTUP
>
> * STATE: PROTOCONNECT => PROTOCONNECTING handle 0xaaaabdfd9920; line 2047 (connection #0)
>
> * Failure establishing ssh session: -44, Unable to ask for ssh-userauth service
>
> * SFTP 0xaaaabdfd8bc8 state change from SSH_S_STARTUP to SSH_SESSION_FREE
>
> * SFTP 0xaaaabdfd8bc8 state change from SSH_SESSION_FREE to SSH_STOP
>
> * multi_done: status: 2 prem: 1 done: 0
>
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
>
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
>
> * The cache now contains 0 members
>
> * SSH DISCONNECT starts now
>
> * SSH DISCONNECT is done
>
> * Closing connection 0
>
> * Expire cleared (transfer 0xaaaabdfd9920)
>
> curl: (2) Failure establishing ssh session: -44, Unable to ask for ssh-userauth service
>

Hmmm...

> --key /etc/sftpkeys/id_dsa

DSA was deprecated in SSH a decade ago. See the changelog for OpenSSH
6.5/6.5p1 (2014-01-30).

You should try a connection to the server using the DSA key and the
sftp command. Transfer a dummy file, like:

    sftp test.txt ftpuser@\[2a00:8a03:190::6:6\]:ftpuser

Jeff
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