Re: [cobalt-security] secFTP not working on Qube2

[Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:14:47 -0700, "James Hoaggs" <james_hoaggs@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

:>> I just uninstalled ssh-1.2.27 (executed . /var/lib/cobalt/SSH1227 uninstaller)
:>> and then installed the server package. I did not install the client
:>> package
:>> because it is unlikely that I will need to ssh out of the server to
:>> somewhere
:>> else.
:>> 
:>> Everything seems to work as before with ssh1. I can port forward my
:>> browser
:>> via localhost:8081 to 81. I can set up a ssh2 connection. However,
:>> when I try
:>> to set up a browser port forward as before, I get a message fro SecureCRT
:>> that
:>> says, "Could not start port forwarding from local service 8081 to >ip.81.
:>Haven't tried this yet, though Brosoft has a SSL pkg that will encrypt
:>the Admin interface.
:>> The
:>> action requested is administratively prohibited.
:>> 
:>I'll try it out, though for sure the Secure FTP (sftp) is not working
:>with our new f-secure 4.2. The syslog reports that there is a "missing
:>subsystem"; thought the SSH2 client works.  Do you think its the new
:>ProFTP package?  I'll give Cobalt a call tomorrow.

I did find these and reported them to Cobalt

The problem reported in the below message is a known bug in 1.2.0 and CVS
fixes have been put together. See

http://www.proftpd.org/proftpd-l-archive/00-08/msg00106.html
http://www.proftpd.org/proftpd-l-archive/00-08/msg00102.html

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