Unable to upload a file SFTP using SSH.NET in C# - Permission Denied
Solution 1
You need to specify a full path to upload the file to.
For example:
client.UploadFile(fileStream, "/home/user/" + f.Name, null);
Without the path, the SFTP server probably tries to write the file to a root folder or other folder that you do not have a write access to (hence the Permission denied).
Solution 2
You can do this:
FileInfo f = new FileInfo("C:\\mdu\\abcd.xml");
string uploadfile = f.FullName;
Console.WriteLine(f.Name);
Console.WriteLine("uploadfile" + uploadfile);
//Passing the sftp host without the "sftp://"
var client = new SftpClient("ftp.example.com", port, username, password);
client.Connect();
if(client.IsConnected)
{
var fileStream = new FileStream(uploadfile, FileMode.Open);
if(fileStream != null)
{
//If you have a folder located at sftp://ftp.example.com/share
//then you can add this like:
client.UploadFile(fileStream, "/share/" + f.Name,null);
client.Disconnect();
client.Dispose();
}
}
Solution 3
I was getting this error because I was using Path.Combine()
for my UploadFile argument, like this:
client.UploadFile(fileStream, Path.Combine("/home/user", f.Name), null);
I think it makes the slashes the wrong way around. So just do normal string concatenation like the answer above:
client.UploadFile(fileStream, "/home/user/" + f.Name, null);
Timothy Rajan
Updated on November 13, 2021Comments
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Timothy Rajan over 2 years
I am trying to upload a file using SFTP protocol using C# using SSH.NET library. Below is the code I am using
FileInfo f=new FileInfo("C:\\mdu\\abcd.xml"); string uploadfile=f.FullName; Console.WriteLine(f.Name); Console.WriteLine("uploadfile"+uploadfile); var client = new SftpClient(host, port, username, password); client.Connect(); if(client.IsConnected){ Console.WriteLine("I AM CONNECTED"); } var fileStream = new FileStream(uploadfile, FileMode.Open); if(fileStream!=null){ Console.WriteLine("YOU ARE NOT NULL"); } client.BufferSize = 4 * 1024; client.UploadFile(fileStream, f.Name,null); client.Disconnect(); client.Dispose();
I am able to connect and the
filestream
is also not NULL. But I am gettingPermissionDeniedException
while attempting to upload a file.Unhandled Exception: Renci.SshNet.Common.SftpPermissionDeniedException: Permission denied at Renci.SshNet.Sftp.SftpSession.RequestOpen(String path, Flags flags, Boolean nullOnError) at Renci.SshNet.SftpClient.InternalUploadFile(Stream input, String path, Flags flags, SftpUploadAsyncResult asyncResult, Action`1 uploadCallback) at Renci.SshNet.SftpClient.UploadFile(Stream input, String path, Boolean canOverride, Action`1 uploadCallback) at Renci.SshNet.SftpClient.UploadFile(Stream input, String path, Action`1 uploadCallback) at movemsi.Program.UploadFile() at movemsi.Program.Main(String[] args)
Is there any settings I am missing from the above code. Any help is much appreciated.