Why does sftp fail with error "request for subsystem sftp failed on channel"?
Issue
- When connect to the server via
sftp, getting following error message.
Request for subsystem 'sftp' failed on channel 0
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
vsftpd- arch-x86_64
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