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

Hello Greg,

Am 29.04.2025 um 20:29 schrieb Greg Wilburn <gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

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?

I'm confused about which direction you're talking. :-)

If you log into a machine via any ssh protocol, the public key is read by the server (job). It is always found in the connecting user's home directory, subdirectory .ssh, file authorized_keys.

If you want to log into a remote machine from a local one, and want to use a specific private (!) keyfile locally, use the -i option. If said keyfile is named id_rsa or whatever crypto stuff was used, and it's contained in the user's home directory, subdirectory .ssh, the ssh, sftp and scp commands find the file automatically. No need to specify -i.

If you want to connect as another user to the remote machine, use username@destination.

Does that help?

:wq! PoC