sftp and error message Received message too long 1399157876

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While you execute sftp you may get error message like

 
 [test@www /test]# sftp test 
 Connecting to test 
 test's password: 
 Received message too long 1399157876

As a solution for this error message you have to remove any welcome messages in the files (.bashrc, .profile, /etc/csh.cshrc, .login, etc.)

sftp and sftp-server use a special file-tra...

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