Secure FTP to AIX 4.3.3 server

[jrothey]

Hello all. I have a request to allow secure ftp to an AIX server running 4.3.3. When I test the connection I'm getting a message "connection refused". Could someone shed some light on how I can allow secure ftp connections inbound to this server?

Thanks.

 

[mpezeur]

my stupid question: do you have the openssh packages installed on the aix 4.3.3 server? if so, is the sshd daemon running ? do you have port 22 blocked at/before the host ?

 

[normntwrk]

They may be asking about FTPs which some call Secure FTP which is totally different from SFTP

I ran into this a few weeks ago and couldn't find a solution for older versions of AIX

Norm

 

[jrothey]

Yes, I did installed openssh after I first installed openssl. I didn't receive any errors during installation, but afterward I'm still unable to use a ftp application to successfully connect via port 22. I getting the "connection refused" error internally from a laptop so the firewall rule at this point isn't an issue. Plus the requester is able to successfully ftp to the server so I know that the rule itself is working via port 21.

When I review the Subsystems I don't have a sshd one to select and when I run startsrc -s sshd I get "0513-085 The sshd Subsystem is not on file."

 

[normntwrk]

If they are using port 21 then it isn't sftp using ssh , more than likely it is FTPs which uses FTP over SSL ...
I think you might be out of luck

Norm

 

[jrothey]

I wanted the client to validate the firewall rule created for this request worked since both ftp and ssh services are enabled for the firewall rule. I left them a voicemail to see if they are simply typing ftp://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:22 or using some middleware software.

Thanks for the follow-up post.

 

[fredericofonseca]

to see if it is really working, try to sftp to the server from within a telnet session on that same server. That will bypass any firewall. If it works then its either firewall or not sftp

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

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