Linux how to start "sftp-server"?

Question

I'm not very familiar with it but there is installed openssh/sftp-server (by a vendor before) on RHEL and it was well running before i reboot the server. Then when i check after rebooted:

# ps aux | grep ftp

No sftp is running but sshd is.

So how do i do to have this sftp running please?

Solution 1

You only need to add the following line to your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file:

Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server

or

Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server

Solution 2

sftp subsystem is started on demand if it is enabled in the configuration file of openssh. Check the configuration file (near the end of it) to see whether sftp subsystem is enabled and whether the path to sftp executable is correct.

Comments

[夏期劇場]

Is this simple & straight forward question considered to be closed???

[Eugene Mayevski 'Callback]

this question is off-topic on StackOverflow.

[ransh]

Hi, Is it possible to start only sftp server , without the all the ssh server ? How ?

[Eugene Mayevski 'Callback]

@ransh this question is not programming-related and is off-topic. Also, asking questions in comments, if those questions are not related to the answer itself, is not a good practice. Instead you are welcome to create a new question (but on the proper site).

[ransh]

thanks for the comment, I will act accordingly, Regards.

[depperm]

I already have this line in sshd_config file but it is still not running. How do you restart or reload the service?