Setup SFTP for internal iSeries servers

The following command works or me:

FTP RMTSYS(ftp.MyServer.com) SECCNN(*SSL) DTAPROT(*PRIVATE)

HTH,
DaveSlash

Well, that's not sftp.  That is ftp over ssl.

That said, ftps is relatively secure.  It doesn't offer some of the features that sftp does, like public key authentication, easy basic automation using scp, complex scripting with Expect, ssh benefits, but it does get you a secure method of transferring files in an encrypted fashion, and retains the benefits of ftp, including remote command execution, FTP exit point processing, and compatibility with existing automated processes that you have that use FTP.

If you want to use sftp with public key authentication, here's a good article that explains the setup needed

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1012710

sftp has some complexities on IBM i.  You may want to read these:

http://iprodeveloper.com/rpg-programming/ssh-scp-and-sftp-tools-openssh
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/administrator/systemsmanagement/sFTP-Tips/

One problem is that it is tricky to use interactive password authentication in a 5250 session.  I usually connect with ssh rather than green-screen when I need to use sftp with password authentication..

- Gary

I attempt to set up SFTP with the instructions you sent Gary (I had previously found this article as well).  I create a RSA key and FTP both the public and private key to the remote iSeries I am trying to connect to.  

If, from within CALL QP2TERM, I attempt to connect via SFTP:
sftp serveruid@somehost

I get the following errors:
Permission denied, please try again.                        
Permission denied, please try again.                        
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
Connection closed                                            

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help Gary. That got me pointed in the right direction. I will post my instructions in case anyone else is wanting to get this set up.

One last question. Do you have any idea how to setup and/or view logging for SFTP?

Thanks again for your help

Gary helped point me in the right direction and I wanted to re-post the full solution