SFTP-SERVER(8)SFTP-SERVER(8)NAME
sftp-server - SFTP server subsystem
SYNOPSIS
sftp-server [-f log_facility] [-l log_level]
DESCRIPTION
sftp-server is a program that speaks the server side of SFTP protocol
to stdout and expects client requests from stdin. sftp-server is not
intended to be called directly, but from sshd(8) using the Subsystem
option.
Command-line flags to sftp-server should be specified in the Subsystem
declaration. See sshd_config(5) for more information.
Valid options are:
-f log_facility
Specifies the facility code that is used when logging messages
from . The possible values are: DAEMON, USER, AUTH, LOCAL0,
LOCAL1, LOCAL2, LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7. The
default is AUTH.
-l log_level
Specifies which messages will be logged by . The possible val-
ues are: QUIET, FATAL, ERROR, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG, DEBUG1,
DEBUG2, and DEBUG3. INFO and VERBOSE log transactions that
sftp-server performs on behalf of the client. DEBUG and DEBUG1
are equivalent. DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 each specify higher levels of
debugging output. The default is ERROR.
SEE ALSOsftp(1), ssh(1), sshd_config(5), sshd(8)
S. Lehtinen and T. Ylonen, SSH File Transfer Protocol, draft-ietf-
secsh-filexfer-00.txt, January 2001, work in progress material.
HISTORY
sftp-server first appeared in OpenBSD 2.8 .
AUTHORS
Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>
August 30, 2000 SFTP-SERVER(8)