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Hi Sayunkim,

You have to change the sshd config file which is /etc/sshd_config. Uncomment the line: "#PasswordAuthentication no" and set it to "yes". I also uncommented the line: "#ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes". But I actually don't know if that is necessary.
For the changes to take effect ...

I already found the problem. The base64 password encryption seems to be the problem. I changed the settings in the server configuration file and now it works.
Apparently other applications use different authentication since they work without a problem.
However, I read that base64 encryption is not ...

Hi,

I would like to sync files between my Windows 7 computer and SFTP server running on Mac OSX. (standard built in server, OSX Yosemite)
When I try to connect I get the following error: Failed to connect to SFPT server: [IP] error code: LIBSSH@_ERROR_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED: Authentication failed ...