RE: sFTP User Name - does it need to match user name on the server

I know this goes back a while... but I can't seem to find the "appropriate command line switch" on the SFTP command to point to the public key.

In my case, the key is in /home/biz/.ssh

If I log on as user "biz" I can establish a connection.
If I log on as another user, I cannot connect unless I CHGUSPRF USRPRF(me) HOMEDIR('/home/biz')

I'll be using this in batch... what am I missing?

sftp -h

usage: sftp [-46AaCfNpqrv] [-B buffer_size] [-b batchfile] [-c cipher]
[-D sftp_server_path] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
[-J destination] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port]
[-R num_requests] [-S program] [-s subsystem | sftp_server]
destination

TIA,
Greg

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 7:21 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: sFTP User Name - does it need to match user name on the server

When SFTPing to a remote system, all that matters is that you know an
account name at the remote end and you can either provide its password or
have a public key installed on the remote. It doesn't care who you are to
your local system.

The public key on the remote site must correspond to a private key found
either in the local user's ~/.ssh directory or pointed to by the
appropriate command line switch passed to the sftp command.

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023, 21:11 Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I need to set up a sFTP file transfer.

I have been provided a user name and password, the user is admin

I used the ssh -T admin@<hostname> to add the site to the known hosts
file.

Does the user profile name on the IBMi need to be the same or can I use a
user name of SFTPUSER or something similar with a maximum length of 8
characters ?

As an example can I log in as SFTPUSER (or change the current active
profile to SFTPUSER) and then use sftp admin@<hostname>

I thought this was fine but I just can't find an explicit answer.

Thank you

Don

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