SFTP Permission Denied w/ OpenFile Method

Question:

We are trying to upload a file to SFTP using private key. We are able to connect and retrieve folder listing. But when we try to upload to one of the folder on the SFTP we get the “Permission denied” error message.

The message is as below.

ChilkatLog:
  OpenFile:
    DllDate: Feb 15 2010
    UnlockPrefix: ****
    Username: joe
    Component: .NET 2.0
    SshVersion: SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.8p1
    SftpVersion: 3
    filename: .\Upload\myFiles\test.xml
    access: writeOnly
    createDisposition: createNew
    v3Flags: 0x2a
    Sent FXP_OPEN
    StatusResponse:
      Request: FXP_OPEN
      StatusCode: 3
      StatusMessage: Permission denied
    SshLog:
SFTP> Sending SSH_FXP_OPEN
TRAN> CHANNEL_DATA
TRAN* NumBytes: 44
TRAN< CHANNEL_DATA
SFTP< Received SSH_FXP_STATUS

Answer:

The content of the LastErrorText property (as shown above) provides good information that allows me to suggest some things to try:

1. I can see by the “DllDate” that the version being used is older.  I would highly recommend updating to the latest version to ensure you’re getting the best information in LastErrorText.  The information in LastErrorText is always being refined and improvedd as Chilkat does user-support day-to-day.
2. The createDisposition passed to OpenFile in this case is “createNew”.  If the file already exists, then the OpenFile will fail.  It’s possible that the server will indicate the failure as a “Permission denied” error.  Instead, use “createTruncate” for the createDisposition argument.
3. I see that backslashes are used in the remote file path.  Try using forward slashes instead.
4. To fully understand the absolute file path of the destination file on the SSH/SFTP server, call RealPath to ask the server to convert a relative path to an absolute path.  Maybe the SSH/SFTP user account’s home directory is something different than expected.