sftp fails to transfer files >2MB, but scp has no trouble

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Issue

  • We have an ssh server that a custom-built application on our RHEL system is transferring files to using sftp. When the application tries to send files larger than 2 megabytes, the client appears to send a RST and the transfer fails. The same transfer succeeds when we do it manually with scp.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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