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<p class="MsoNormal">Note I am NOT asking generic “is there a limit to password size” nor am I asking how to configure the remote sftp server (because I can’t).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I AM asking specifically if the sftp COMMAND (not the daemon) that runs on some flavors of Linux has a size limit to what it will pass to the remote side or possibly won’t pass the “-“ character for some reason?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also please don’t tell me RHEL5 is end of support as I already know that. My question is about RHEL6 so I am only noting I also see the issue on RHEL5 but not RHEL7.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Background to the question:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are attempting to do sftp login to a remote site from our local RHEL servers. We are connecting successfully but on entering password (either by typing it or doing a cut and paste) the password is being rejected.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is only occurring when we do sftp from RHEL6 (and RHEL5) but on testing from a RHEL7 server it is working. This suggest the sftp command itself (not the demon) on RHEL6 (and RHEL5) is doing something different than it does on RHEL7.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The password being sent is 30+ character and contains "-" characters. Hence I’m asking is there any length limit or special character limit sftp command on RHEL6 (and RHEL5) has that RHEL7 doesn't?
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<p class="MsoNormal">On looking for such a limit the only thing I found even remotely like this was bug fix for Cisco where someone ran into a limit of 15/16 characters for password (but even that may have been the daemon on the server [switch] rather than
the command initiating the connection) but it has scant details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve opened a case with RedHat and am waiting to hear back but figured I’d see if anyone in the community has run into it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please don’t make suggestions regarding changing the password length or other settings on the remote side as I have no direct access to make such changes and don’t feel they’d be willing to make any as they deem this setup secure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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