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From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
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Subject: Re: pure-ftpd with SFTP and PureDB Authentication (fwd)
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On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 01:40:06PM -0800, Noah wrote:
> 
> 
> FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE
> pure-ftpd version 1.0.18
> 
> I am unable to login via SFTP using accounts that exist in the PureDB.
> The password is denied according to the client and there are no log
> messages collected in the server's log files.
> 
> When I set the server's TLS option to disable SSL/TLS encryption layer
> ( TLS 0 ) - I  am able to log in with clear text passwords to accounts
> located in the PureDB.
> 
> I have PureDB authentication method uncommented in the  pure-ftpd.conf
> configuration file - attached below.
> 
> so what am I doing wrong.  how can I have SSL/TLS forced logins and allow
> those with PureDB accounts to get authenticated please?
> 
> cheers,
> 
> noah

sftp connects to sshd, not ftpd.  So use ssh-login/pw for encrypted
logins and sessions.  

GH