WINSCP into a Container

[Shifty McFly]

I am unable to WINSCP into my Debian container. I don't get an error message, it just says authenticating then asks for the password again. I tried making the password super simple to eliminate that as a variable but that doesn't seem to be the issue. I am however able to get into the host to transfer files. I am not entirely sure what setup needs to be done to the container in order for that access to work. Fair warning, I am pretty new to Linux. I just need a way to transfer files from my windows PC to the server.

 

[tom]

By default, password authentication is NOT allowed on Debian. If you are really sure that you need this, allow this inside your Debian container.

=> nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin Yes

 

[Shifty McFly]

By default, password authentication is NOT allowed on Debian. If you are really sure that you need this, allow this inside your Debian container.

=> nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin Yes

Thank you, I had previously done this, but still can't get it to work.

 

[tom]

Thank you, I had previously done this, but still can't get it to work.

did you restart the sshd (or the container)

 

[Shifty McFly]

did you restart the sshd (or the container)

Yes to both.

 

[Shifty McFly]

Edit: It is saying access denied. So I eliminated the password variable and I am using the username root because I did not create individual users. So there is something keeping it from authenticating. I am also having an issue with accessing my SMB share on my windows machine and I think the two may be related.