steelbrain / steelbrain/node-ssh

Support SFTP on Windows SSH server?

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Description

when I use node-ssh to connect to a Windows ssh server, and perform SFTP operations, it failed to reqeust SFTP with errors below:
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Looks like the Windows dowsn't support SFTP protocol. But I checked the sshd_config on the windows server, it has sftp-server subsystem:
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I can perform SFTP operations on a Linux ssh server successfully. And I can execute command on the windows ssh server. Does anyone know why it failed? And how to performa sftp on a windows ssh server?

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No repository files or tests are identified. Start by reproducing the SFTP request failure against the Windows SSH server, compare it with the successful Linux-server operation, and inspect the reported error. Done means identifying whether node-ssh can perform SFTP on this server and documenting a confirmed fix or limitation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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