File transfer via SFTP is omitting the trailing backslash

[rgoshko]

When moving a file to our server (AIX 5.3) with SFTP it
seems the put command is not adding the trailing
backslash to the command line when sending the file so
when I send the file readme.txt to the directory
/home/rgoshko/tmp, I am getting a file called
tmpreadme.txt in /home/rgoshko.

you can see in the log that I attached that no file
appears in my ~/tmp directory.

This was seen on both versions 2.2.14 and 2.2.16.

[rgoshko]

log of SFTP'ing a file

[dwsharp]

From your log, here is your problem:

Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.7.1p2-pwexp26_krb5

There is a bug in OpenSSH 3.7.1 for AIX that causes the
problem you describe. Upgrading the server to OpenSSH 3.8.x
will fix the problem.

For details, see ​http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697

[naxxon]

I have OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 and OpenSSL 0.9.6m

and I have the same problem, upgrading is not the solution.

[naxxon]

I forgot to mention that winscp works fine.
I dont think this is an openssh problem.

[dwsharp]

WinSCP works because it uses the SCP subsystem of SSH
instead of the SFTP subsystem, which is where the problem
lies. Check the sshd_config file on your AIX server and
make sure it is using the correct SFTP server (it is
probably /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config). Make sure it says
(using the correct path on your system, of course)

Subsystem sftp
/opt/ssh/openssh-3.8p1/libexec/sftp-server

and not

Subsystem sftp
/opt/ssh/openssh-3.7.1p2/libexec/sftp-server

When we upgraded to 3.8.1, it did not remove the older
version and it did not update the above setting in the
sshd_config file, so while the normal SSH connections were
using 3.8.1, the SFTP connections were still using 3.7.1p2.

[Alexander Schuch]

Can you please try again with latest version of FileZilla 2 or even better FileZilla 3 beta
to see if the problem still persists?

[dwsharp]

Looks like it still occurs under both versions.

Log from 2.2.29:

Status: Starting download of /home/dwsharp/.gvimrc
Command: GET .gvimrc C:\Temp\.gvimrc FALSE
Response: /home/dwsharp.gvimrc: no such file or directory
Error: Download failed

Log from 3.0.0-beta2:

Status: Starting download of /home/dwsharp/.gvimrc
Command: get ".gvimrc" "C:\Temp\.gvimrc"
Error: /home/dwsharp.gvimrc: open for read: no such file or
directory

I got similar results for other files in other filesystems
on the server. This is an AIX 5.2 server (different than
the one used for my original comments below) with

/home/dwsharp $ ssh -V
OpenSSH_3.7p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003

[Tim Kosse]

As far as I know it's a bug in the server. Upgrading to the
most recent OpenSSH version should fix it. (4.4p1)