SFTP fails for nonroot accounts after upgrading OneFS to 9.7.1.0 and 9.10.1.0

Summary: SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) fails for nonroot accounts after upgrading OneFS to 9.7.1.0 / 9.10.1.0.

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Symptoms

Nonroot accounts receive Connection Closed after entering password on the sftp session. 
sftp testftp@192.168.1.1                                       
(testftp@192.168.1.1) Password: 
Connection closed

Cause

The /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf permissions are set:

-rw-rw----      1 root  wheel  11261 Jun 19 21:07 openssl.cnf



 

Resolution

Restore world read access on the openssl.cnf file. 

On a single node:

chmod 644 /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf


Across the cluster:

isi_for_array -sX 'chmod 644 /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf'


OneFS 9.7.1.3 has the corrected /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf file permissions. 

Affected Products

Isilon, PowerScale

Products

PowerScale OneFS
Article Properties
Article Number: 000226508
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2025
Version:  3
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