SFTP to a Windows 2003 server

[Alan Dacey Sr.]

On Monday, August 1, 2011 2:49:44 PM Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Reinhold Rumberger <rrumberger at web.de>wrote:
> 
> > On Montag 01 August 2011, 20:30:36, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > > I'm trying to connect to a Windows 2003 server from my Kubuntu box over
> > > SFTP in order to edit some remote files. Unfortunately, no matter what
> > > permissions the administrator of the 2003 server gives me, I can't seem
> > to
> > > write to the remote server.
> > >
> > > I'm using KNetAttach to create a link to the server.
> >
> > Why? Why not simply use konqueror with an sftp://... URL? That should let
> > you
> > edit anything as long as you use KDE apps (I'm not sure whether non-KDE
> > apps
> > will work - you'd have to try and see).
> >
> 
> I'm afraid that I'm still getting error messages doing it that way.
> Specifically, "Could not write to [Filename]".
> 
> 
Is the user you are logged in as in the correct domain?  When I remote into the windows 2003 servers at work I get in as a different "administrator" than LOCAL\Administrator.  I stopped paying attention to it a long time ago but it definitely is not in the same domain as when I am physically at the machine.  Granted, my situation is using rdp not sftp but it may be something to check. 

How is the sftp connection set up on the windows box?  My company doesn't see the value in buying sftp software for the file & print servers and will not consider anything not officialy blessed by the uber-lockdown mentality that run the company's network so I don't have direct experience with it.  I have set up many ftp sites for inter-company transfers so I know that you have to give permissions in two places.  On the actual folder and then somewhere on the ftp site (right-click to see it).  Is your sftp software set up that way too?

Alan