R3 and SFTP

[jaypike]

Has anyone been able to successfully use the R3 with SFTP?

I've been trying but I can't seem to get it to work with SSH on a MacBook Pro running 13.0.1.

When I tcpdump the connection, I see that it takes my username and is attempting to do a DNS lookup for A or AAAA records against that username, which makes No sense.

I also tried anonymous with No success.

[jaypike]

Finally figured this one out and got it working.

1) Unlike the Z9, the R3 doesn't support advanced passwords with special characters, so, I created a separate 'Sharing Only' account named 'anonymous' with the password of 'anonymous' on my MacBook Pro.

2) The R3, also unlike the Z9, uses older 'ssh-rsa' and 'ssh-dsa' authentication types which rely on the less secure SSLv1 algorithms which are now disabled in newer versions of Mac OS.

To fix this, add the following lines to /private/etc/ssh/sshd_config:

HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com

PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com

Then restart 'Remote Login' under Apple => System Settings => General => Sharing.

After I did all of that, I'm now able to use SFTP to transfer images from both my Z9 and my R3 to my Macbook Pro.

Hopefully this helps someone else out there.

jp

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