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WinSCP can't access log folder

dakster

Any ideas, using WinSCP to access my XG 19.0.1 firewall on my LAN.   Can authenticate fine with admin.   Can browse and transfer most files.  However, /log/ or /var/tslog/ give me "Error 2 - permission denied."  If I copy log files from /log to another folder (/tmp, etc) i CAN access and transfer those file to my PC with WinSCP. 

pscp -scp gives me exactly the same exact same error for /log/ - access denied.

Thnaks!



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    Hello!

    The user which you use to connect over SSH (WinSCP) is a separate "admin" user, not root. The reason on why you get permission denied is because the "admin" user doesn't have write permission over almost anywhere which isn't "/tmp".

    But you should be able to fetch any file from "/log" over SSH without any issues since the admin user does have read permission over there.

    Does this issue only happens with WinSCP for you?

    Thanks!

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    the problem happens with WinSCP and the pscp command line on Windows.  I was following the KB located here:

    https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000035842?language=en_US

    I can SSH fine to the firewall.  How would I fetch files with SSH, would I have to push them to a local windows sftp server or copy them to /tmp and have WinSCP fetch them that way?

    thanks so much!

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