Re: Help with SFTP : error "Host key verification failed"

Le 07/06/2023 à 18:32, Scott Klement a écrit :

The OpenSSH client that IBM provides for IBM i *does* indeed support password authentication.

I agree for ssh command, but I don't for sftp (and scp).

I was not sure of that but got confirmation here https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/configuring-ibm-i-ssh-sftp-and-scp-clients-use-public-key-authentication

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Public-key authentication allows the IBM i ssh, sftp, and scp clients to gain access to remote hosts without having to provide a password. The sftp and scp clients on the IBM i require Public-key authentication to gain access to ssh servers. Password authentication is not allowed with these two clients. The IBM i ssh client can use either Public-key authentication or Password authentication to gain access to ssh servers.
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 It will not allow you to type the password interactively on a 5250 terminal.  But if you use a proper Unix terminal, it will work fine.   Alternately, if you use a tool like Expect to script the password, it will work fine.


On 6/7/23 9:44 AM, Marc Rauzier wrote:

I am quite sure that sftp client on IBM i does support *ONLY* key authentication, and does *NOT* support password authentication.

I was used to use ssh in order to get the host key into known_hosts file, then to validate private/public keys setup, before being able to use sftp as a client on an IB M i.