

pem format (for Cyberduck) from the Launchpad detail page for your server.Īlthough you can use any SFTP/SCP client to transfer files to your server, this guide documents FileZilla (Windows, Linux and Mac OS X), WinSCP (Windows) and Cyberduck (Mac OS X). ppk format (for FileZilla or WinSCP) or in. If you are using the Bitnami Launchpad for AWS Cloud, download the SSH key for your server in. The first step is to ensure that you have an SSH key for your server. NOTE: Bitnami applications can be found in /opt/bitnami/apps.

Give SSH access to another person, such as a customer.Learn about the Bitnami Configuration Tool.Move AWS instances between the AWS Console and the Bitnami Launchpad for AWS Cloud.Configure third-party SMTP for outbound emails.Reassociate an existing IP address with a new AWS instance.Understand what data Bitnami collects from deployed Bitnami stacks.Understand the default directory structure.Understand upcoming changes to Bitnami Stacks.Learn about Bitnami PHP application modules deprecation.Learn about the SSH warning 'REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED'.So I believe that PAM recognize only the user account (for both putty&sftp), but not for the ftp account. I run sshd in debug mode using "/usr/sbin/sshd -d" and this is the error: PAM: password authentication failed for an illegal user: User not known to the underlying authentication module

The ftp account was created through cpanel of the sub-cpanel account. It seems that sftp also works, but to the user account, not to the ftp account (with the private key). I checked and I was able to connect to the server using normal ftp mode (username+password) UPDATE So I don't know why is the server refusing the key when trying to connect to it using sftp. I checked and I am able to connect to the same server through ssh using putty and the same private key. The ftp account that I am trying to connect to it is in sub-cpanel account (created through WHM). Perhaps it is important to mention that I am using bluehost VPS. Sshd: input_userauth_request: invalid user myusername Server /var/log/secure log: sshd: Invalid user myusername from Server offered these authentication methods: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password This is the session log from winscp: Reading key file "D:\path\to\file\mykey.ppk" The result is "Server refused our key" (tried it with filezilla and winscp). I am trying to connect to an sftp using private key.
