SFTP: Bad password message not meaningful

[anonymous]

Hi,
when connecting to a sftp server (over ssh2), if you
submit an invalid password, the status message is really
not helpful.

Here's what it looks like :

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Status: Connecting to 10.61.3.122:22 ...
Status: Connected with 10.61.3.122:22, initializing
SFTP connection...
Command: CONNECT der01ale@10.61.3.122:22
Error: FzSFtp.exe was closed, terminating connection.
Error: Unable to connect!
Status: Waiting to retry... (5 retries left)

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There is no clear evidence that this was a password
problem. Here's what it looks like with debug on (with
the same wrong password) :
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Status: Connecting to 10.61.3.121:22 ...
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: FzSFtp started and initialized.
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2288): OnConnect(0)
caller=0x003af000
Status: Connected with 10.61.3.121:22, initializing
SFTP connection...
Command: CONNECT der01ale@10.61.3.121:22
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(1949): Server version: SSH-
2.0-Sun_SSH_1.0
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(1985): We claim version:
SSH-2.0-PuTTY-FZ-Local: Mar 21 2004 15:40:05
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(1987): Using SSH protocol
version 2
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2570): OnReceive(0)
caller=0x003af000
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(4244): Doing Diffie-Hellman
key exchange
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2570): OnReceive(0)
caller=0x003af000
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(4301): Host key fingerprint
is:
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(4302): ssh-rsa 1024
73:f3:02:7f:28:07:ef:90:b2:d1:d0:f0:f3:f5:53:e2
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2570): OnReceive(0)
caller=0x003af000
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(675): Initialised AES-128
client->server encryption
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(675): Initialised AES-128
server->client encryption
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2570): OnReceive(0)
caller=0x003af000
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2570): OnReceive(0)
caller=0x003af000
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(5284): Sent password
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2570): OnReceive(0)
caller=0x003af000
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(4751): Access denied
Trace: FzSFtp.exe: Ssh.c(5124): Unable to
authenticate
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2356): OnClientError
(1) caller=0x003af000
Error: FzSFtp.exe was closed, terminating connection.
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2376): DoClose(0)
caller=0x003af000
Trace: SftpControlSocket.cpp(2406): ResetOperation
(4100) caller=0x003af000
Error: Unable to connect!
Status: Waiting to retry... (5 retries left)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I also tested this with a plain FTP server, and the
message is really clear, so this seems to affect only sftp
over ssh2 connections.

_adery_ at _hotmail_ dot _com_

[anonymous]

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Forgot to mention that I got this problem with both 2.2.3 and
2.2.5 running on Windows XP.

[Tim Kosse]

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