[Info-vax] SSH / SFTP troubles

[David Froble]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <39993508-9a29-4bd9-a581-f7411f5dcb03 at googlegroups.com>, Jose Baars <peutbaars at gmail.com> writes:
>> A few more things to check: 
>>
>> 1. With a lot of versions of TCPIP SSH the key files must be in stream_lf 
>>   format, to be checked by dir/full, check the following lines in the output:
>> ....
>> Record format:      Stream_LF, maximum 0 bytes, longest 32767 bytes
>> Record attributes:  Carriage return carriage control
>> ....
>>
>> If that is not the case, convert them to stream_lf format by
>> convert/fdl="file;org seq;record;format stream_lf;" <wrongformatfile> <stmlffile>.
> 
> My keys, on VMS, are:
> 
> Record format:      Variable length, maximum 255 bytes, longest 70 bytes
> Record attributes:  Carriage return carriage control
> 
> No access issues.

I think we have the same.

Now, the batch file (SFTP batch file, not VMS COM file) must be stream LF, but if it is 
not, SFTP will automatically convert it for you, and issue a warning message.