[IMC-Tech] Could someone check zeco's sftp log for "awarexfr" failures? (why can't blogger.com sftp to zeco?)

[Stuart Levy]

I've been trying to get the blogger.com "sftp" setup to update files on zeco (www.ucimc.org),
using the awarexfr account, but without success.  The only error it reports is:

    005 Unable to connect to SFTP server: Auth fail 

When I use sftp (from openssh 4.3p2) to connect to www.ucimc.org using the awarexfr
account, it works fine.


I tried pointing the blogger.com setup at a test account on one of my own machines,
using the same password.  It worked -- blogger.com successfully deposits blog page files
into the designated directory, on my test machine.

However I have a clue: on my test machine, the /var/log/messages entry looks
different depending on whether the connection comes from openssh sftp or
from blogger.com.

   Here it is from openssh sftp:

Jan 18 00:21:00 dinah sshd[15789]: Accepted password for testme from 141.142.220.38 port 41829 ssh2
Jan 18 00:21:00 dinah sshd[15794]: subsystem request for sftp

   Here it is from blogger.com's sftp client:
Jan 18 00:24:40 dinah sshd[15828]: Did not receive identification string from 66.102.15.83
Jan 18 00:24:41 dinah sshd[15831]: Accepted password for testme from 66.102.15.83 port 3399 ssh2
Jan 18 00:24:41 dinah sshd[15835]: subsystem request for sftp

What's that about "Did not receive identification string"?
My machine did allow the login anyway, but possibly zeco wouldn't??

Can someone check in zeco's logs to see whether there's a handful of failed
sftp logins to "awarexfr" from some IP address like 66.102.15.83, between about
midnight and 1:00AM CST on 1/18?    My last attempt was just about 1:00AM by zeco's
clock.  There'd be a few successful sftp's too, from 63.252.76.72 and maybe 141.142.220.38.

Thanks a lot.  I'm at my wits' end.

   Stuart Levy