sftp failing w/ "File transfer server could not be started it exited unexpectedly. Exit value 0 was returned."

From: David Rieger (drieger_at_olac.berkeley.edu)
Date: 06/30/04

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    Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:02:27 -0700
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org

    Hello all,

    I've installed (and compiled) a non-commercial version of ssh for my
    Solaris 8 machine. Using a windows 32-bit client I am able to access the
    machine with no problem using ssh. When I try to invoke sftp from the
    client side I get the error:

    File transfer server could not be started it exited unexpectedly. Exit
    value 0 was returned.

    I've looked at my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file but this is a generic file that
    has not been touched (and has no mention of sftp) and in other
    installations (Solaris 7) I've never had to bother with it or anything else
    to get ssh & sftp working. When I use the command line on the client and
    the server sftp seems to be working, would anyone have suggestions on
    solving this?

    Regards,

    David Rieger
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