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Re: Making sftp and ssh work on cygwin
- From: Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander dot skwar dot name>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:39:47 +0100
- Subject: Re: Making sftp and ssh work on cygwin
- References: <45EECEBC.1000003@buongiorno.com>
Marielle Fois <marielle.fois@buongiorno.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I recently downloaded cygwin and I've been trying to make ssh and sftp
> work with no success. When I run these commands I get these outputs:
>
> $ ssh user@142.268.10.26
>
> $ sftp user@142.268.10.26
> Connecting to 142.268.10.26...
> Connection closed
142.268.10.26 is not a legal name, as hostnames cannot contain
ONLY numbers. And it's also not an IP, as IP's cannot be larger
than 255, but 268 is.
Alexander Skwar
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