I cannot login with sftp

[waterlan]

waterlan schreef op 2014-01-05 21:08:
> marco atzeri schreef op 2014-01-05 12:43:
>> Il 1/5/2014 2:47 AM, Erwin Waterlander ha scritto:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to upload files, but I can't log in with sftp. lftp tries 
>>> to
>>> reconnect endlessly.
>>> 
>>> $ lftp sftp://cygwin:(at)cygwin.com
>>> lftp cygwinATcygwin.com:~> ls
>>> `ls' at 0 [Delaying before reconnect: 9]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> For "AT" read @, otherwise this mail bounces.
>>> 
>>> How do I know I'm using the ssh key that I uploaded?
>>> 
>>> regards,
>>> Erwin Waterlander
>> 
>> 
>> It can happen if your key has a passphrase,
>> in that case drop the ":" and give the passphrase at
>> Password request.
>> 
>> $ lftp  sftp://cygwin(at)cygwin.com
>> Password:
>> lftp cygwin(at)cygwin.com:~> ls
>> -rw-rw-r--   1 root     cygstage      995 Jan  5 11:35 !packages
>> drwxrwsr-x   4 root     cygstage     4096 Sep  1 05:16 .
>> drwxrwxr-x  63 cygwin   root         4096 Nov 14 17:40 ..
>> drwxrwsr-x   3 cygwin   cygstage     4096 Sep  1 05:12 x86
>> drwxrwsr-x   3 cygwin   cygstage     4096 Sep  1 05:12 x86_64
>> lftp cygwin(at)cygwin.com:/>
>> 
>> Regards
>> Marco
> 
> Hi Marco,
> 
> Thanks a lot! That was the problem
> 
> regards,


It would be nice if this issue was mentioned at the upload instruction 
page.
Also some more information about how to create the rsa key. That saves 
some searching the web.

-- 
Erwin Waterlander
http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/