SFTPPlug: Error message when I try to enable SSL/TLS- SOLVED

[MarkFilipak]

===== BEGIN SOLUTION =====

Trying to get the new version of SFTP working?

Solution:
Here's the files you need:
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libeay32.dll
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libssh2.dll

Do this:

• click on 'Network Neighborhood' (aka "My Network Places"), then
• click on 'Secure FTP', then
• push the F7 key (Opens "New folder" dialog), then
• in the drop-down list, replace "_F7=new connection" with a name of your choosing, then
• click [OK] (Opens "Connect to SFTP Server" dialog).

Fill in the "Connect to SFTP Server" dialog, then

• click [OK].

The newly named SFTP connection will appear and you will connect.


===== BEGIN ORIGINAL POST =====

Total Commander 8.0 32 bit (2012-05-23)
Windows XP Professional

Hello,

ATTEMPT #1
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It's been about a year since I last used SFTP. My WFX & SSH library files were:

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c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\sftpplug.wfx   // (no version), 200,704 bytes, May 19, 2010
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libeay32.dll   // (no version), 1,546,364 bytes, Jun 23, 2010
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libssh2.dll    // version 1.2.7

When I tried to [x] the 'SSL/TLS' option in the "FTP:connection details" dialog I get

"OpenSSL library not found!"
"To use SSL connections, please download the OpenSSL DLLs from the Internet and put them in the Total Commander directory!"

ATTEMPT #2
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So I copied the SSL library files to

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c:\totalcmd\libeay32.dll
c:\totalcmd\libssh2.dll

FTPS still didn't work.

ATTEMPT #3
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Next I updated as follows:

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c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\sftpplug.wfx   // (no version), 225,280 bytes, Mar 4, 2013
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libeay32.dll   // version 1.0.0.11
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libssh2.dll    // version 1.4.3.0
c:\totalcmd\libeay32.dll                        // version 1.0.0.11
c:\totalcmd\libssh2.dll                         // version 1.4.3.0

Still no joy.

ATTEMPT #4
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Next I tried copying zlib1.dll to:

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c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\zlib1.dll      // version 1.2.7.0
c:\totalcmd\zlib1.dll                           // version 1.2.7.0

Still no joy.
When I try to [x] the 'SSL/TLS' option in the "FTP:connection details" dialog I get

"OpenSSL library not found!"
"To use SSL connections, please download the OpenSSL DLLs from the Internet and put them in the Total Commander directory!"

Help! I really need to FTP to my server and I wouldn't want to have to step back to Tunnelier.

Thanks for your help,
Mark.

PS: I should add that if I try to FTP to my server - it expects SFTP - the connection fails on a time out. - M.

[ZoSTeR]

I think you're mixing things up here. You state that your server is running SFTP but you're trying to connect via FTPS. Those are completely different protocols.

The SFTP plugin is located under "Network Neighborhood" like the other FS-plugins.

[ghisler(Author)]

You are missing one dll: ssleay32.dll

[MarkFilipak]

Clarifications:

My 1st listed setup:

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c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\sftpplug.wfx   // (no version), 200,704 bytes, May 19, 2010
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libeay32.dll   // (no version), 1,546,364 bytes, Jun 23, 2010
c:\totalcmd\plugins\wfx\sftpplug\libssh2.dll    // version 1.2.7

used to work.

My server runs SSH FTP, that is SFTP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol#SFTP). I can launch the SSH session using Tunnelier or Total Commander.

...you're trying to connect via FTPS

Am I?

You are missing one dll: ssleay32.dll

This plugin needs the dlls libeay32.dll and libssh2.dll

Christian, would you kindly list what '.DLL's I need and where they should be installed? You might consider correcting 'sftpplug.zip\readme.txt'.

There appear to be 3 methods: FTPS, SFTP, and FTP over SSH. Which does sftpplug use?

Thanks!

[sqa_wizard]

Christian, would you kindly list what '.DLL's I need and where they should be installed?

see his advice at the main sftpplug thread

The sftp plugin is located at Network Neighborhood named "Secure FTP"

[ZoSTeR]

You are trying to run FTP over SSL/TLS aka FTPS via the internal FTP client. That causes the error message.

Your SFTP plugin is probably correctly installed but you have to use via "network neighborhood". The two are not related in any way.

Edit: sga_wizard was faster

[MarkFilipak]

I use a custom menu of my own design. In it, I connect via 'cm_FtpConnect'. That used to work! I could connect to my server (and other servers) using what I thought was SFTP.

Via Network Neighborhood, eh? How?

...Well!! I stumbled along and got it to work.

Hahahahahahaha... This has to be the strangest user-interface I've ever seen.

Case closed. Christian: 'ssleay32.dll' was not needed.

Thanks for your help, guys! - Mark.

[MarkFilipak]

I put the solution at the head of the original post. - Mark

[white]

'ssleay32.dll' was not needed.[/b]

But zlib1.dll is needed if you use a recent version of the libcurl library.

[MarkFilipak]

But zlib1.dll is needed if you use a recent version of the libcurl library.

Nope. I'm using the latest sftpplug and the latest libcurl. zlib1.dll is not installed and my SFTP is working fine.

[white]

Nope. I'm using the latest sftpplug and the latest libcurl. zlib1.dll is not installed and my SFTP is working fine.

It is needed on my system. If I rename "zlib1.dll" it stops working. Maybe you have "zlib1.dll" or older versions of the other dlls somewhere and it is used by Total Commander.