You can see that after I plug the network back in, it asks me for the password. If I only unplug the network for 3 seconds then it does remember the password. It only loses the password AFTER the first re-connect attempt fails. WinSCP 5.17.10.11087
. 2021-03-18 17:29:21.845 Network error: Software caused connection abort
* 2021-03-18 17:29:21.845 (ESshFatal) Network error: Software caused connection abort
. 2021-03-18 17:29:26.954 Looking up host "192.168.0.253" for SSH connection
. 2021-03-18 17:29:26.954 Connecting to 192.168.0.253 port 22
. 2021-03-18 17:29:47.989 Failed to connect to 192.168.0.253: Network error: Connection timed out
. 2021-03-18 17:29:47.989 Knocking FTP port.
. 2021-03-18 17:29:49.999 FTP port did not open.
* 2021-03-18 17:29:50.069 (EFatal) Network error: Connection to "192.168.0.253" timed out.
. 2021-03-18 17:29:55.185 Looking up host "192.168.0.253" for SSH connection
. 2021-03-18 17:29:55.185 Connecting to 192.168.0.253 port 22
. 2021-03-18 17:30:16.217 Failed to connect to 192.168.0.253: Network error: Connection timed out
. 2021-03-18 17:30:16.217 Knocking FTP port.
. 2021-03-18 17:30:18.218 FTP port did not open.
* 2021-03-18 17:30:18.247 (EFatal) Network error: Connection to "192.168.0.253" timed out.
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.360 Looking up host "192.168.0.253" for SSH connection
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.360 Connecting to 192.168.0.253 port 22
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.370 We claim version: SSH-2.0-WinSCP_release_5.17.10
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.401 Remote version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.9p1 Debian-10+deb10u2
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.401 Using SSH protocol version 2
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.401 Have a known host key of type ssh-ed25519
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.401 Doing ECDH key exchange with curve Curve25519 and hash SHA-256
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.500 Server also has ecdsa-sha2-nistp256/ssh-rsa host keys, but we don't know any of them
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.500 Host key fingerprint is:
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.500 ssh-ed25519 255 25:bd:5a:80:6b:7a:a2:d0:bb:97:91:a5:06:66:02:b1 nj5D9i5wg1D9aBQ8y7T85mzxA4efeLlxoXBTOjhDnuo=
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.510 Host key matches cached key
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.510 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR (AES-NI accelerated) outbound encryption
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.510 Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 outbound MAC algorithm
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.510 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR (AES-NI accelerated) inbound encryption
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.510 Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 inbound MAC algorithm
! 2021-03-18 17:30:23.510 Using username "root".
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.530 Server offered these authentication methods: publickey,password
. 2021-03-18 17:30:23.530 Prompt (password, "SSH password", <no instructions>, "&Password: ")
. 2021-03-18 17:32:13.156 Attempt to close connection due to fatal exception:
. 2021-03-18 17:32:13.156 Closing connection.
* 2021-03-18 17:32:13.255 (ESshFatal)
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 WinSCP Version 5.17.10 (Build 11087) (OS 10.0.19041 - Windows 10 Enterprise)
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Configuration: HKCU\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Log level: Normal
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Local account: ZEROWIN\user
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Working directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Process ID: 14964
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Command-line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe"
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Time zone: Current: GMT-7, Standard: GMT-8 (Pacific Standard Time), DST: GMT-7 (Pacific Daylight Time), DST Start: 2021-03-14, DST End: 2021-11-07
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Login time: March 18, 2021 5:36:05 PM
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Session name: root@192.168.0.253 (Site)
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Host name: 192.168.0.253 (Port: 22)
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 User name: root (Password: No, Key file: No, Passphrase: No)
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Tunnel: No
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Transfer Protocol: SFTP (SCP)
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Ping type: Off, Ping interval: 30 sec; Timeout: 15 sec
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Disable Nagle: No
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Proxy: None
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Send buffer: 262144
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 SSH protocol version: 2; Compression: No
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Bypass authentication: No
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Try agent: Yes; Agent forwarding: No; TIS/CryptoCard: No; KI: Yes; GSSAPI: Yes
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 GSSAPI: Forwarding: No; Libs: gssapi32,sspi,custom; Custom:
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Ciphers: aes,chacha20,blowfish,3des,WARN,arcfour,des; Ssh2DES: No
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 KEX: ecdh,dh-gex-sha1,dh-group14-sha1,rsa,WARN,dh-group1-sha1
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 SSH Bugs: Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Simple channel: Yes
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Return code variable: Autodetect; Lookup user groups: Auto
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Shell: default
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 EOL: LF, UTF: Auto
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Clear aliases: Yes, Unset nat.vars: Yes, Resolve symlinks: Yes; Follow directory symlinks: No
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 LS: ls -la, Ign LS warn: Yes, Scp1 Comp: No; Exit code 1 is error: No
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 SFTP Bugs: Auto,Auto
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 SFTP Server: default
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Local directory: default, Remote directory: /etc/asterisk, Update: Yes, Cache: Yes
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Cache directory changes: Yes, Permanent: Yes
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 Recycle bin: Delete to: No, Overwritten to: No, Bin path:
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 DST mode: Unix
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.574 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.614 Looking up host "192.168.0.253" for SSH connection
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.614 Connecting to 192.168.0.253 port 22
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.634 We claim version: SSH-2.0-WinSCP_release_5.17.10
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.674 Remote version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.9p1 Debian-10+deb10u2
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.674 Using SSH protocol version 2
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.674 Have a known host key of type ssh-ed25519
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.684 Doing ECDH key exchange with curve Curve25519 and hash SHA-256
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.764 Server also has ecdsa-sha2-nistp256/ssh-rsa host keys, but we don't know any of them
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.764 Host key fingerprint is:
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.764 ssh-ed25519 255 25:bd:5a:80:6b:7a:a2:d0:bb:97:91:a5:06:66:02:b1 nj5D9i5wg1D9aBQ8y7T85mzxA4efeLlxoXBTOjhDnuo=
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.804 Host key matches cached key
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.804 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR (AES-NI accelerated) outbound encryption
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.804 Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 outbound MAC algorithm
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.804 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR (AES-NI accelerated) inbound encryption
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.804 Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 inbound MAC algorithm
! 2021-03-18 17:36:05.804 Using username "root".
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.834 Server offered these authentication methods: publickey,password
. 2021-03-18 17:36:05.834 Prompt (password, "SSH password", <no instructions>, "&Password: ")
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.356 Sent password
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.396 Access granted
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.396 Opening main session channel
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.847 Opened main channel
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.857 Started a shell/command
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.867 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.867 Using SFTP protocol.
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.867 Doing startup conversation with host.
> 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Type: SSH_FXP_INIT, Size: 5, Number: -1
< 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Type: SSH_FXP_VERSION, Size: 150, Number: -1
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 SFTP version 3 negotiated.
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Unknown server extension posix-rename@openssh.com="1"
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Supports statvfs@openssh.com extension version "2"
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Unknown server extension fstatvfs@openssh.com="2"
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Supports hardlink@openssh.com extension version "1"
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Unknown server extension fsync@openssh.com="1"
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 We believe the server has signed timestamps bug
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 We will use UTF-8 strings until server sends an invalid UTF-8 string as with SFTP version 3 and older UTF-8 strings are not mandatory
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Limiting packet size to OpenSSH sftp-server limit of 262148 bytes
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Changing directory to "/etc/asterisk".
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Getting real path for '/etc/asterisk'
> 2021-03-18 17:36:13.877 Type: SSH_FXP_REALPATH, Size: 22, Number: 16
< 2021-03-18 17:36:13.887 Type: SSH_FXP_NAME, Size: 47, Number: 16
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.887 Real path is '/etc/asterisk'
. 2021-03-18 17:36:13.887 Trying to open directory "/etc/asterisk".
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. 2021-03-18 17:36:14.607 Startup conversation with host finished.
. 2021-03-18 17:36:20.160 Network error: Software caused connection abort
* 2021-03-18 17:36:20.160 (ESshFatal) Network error: Software caused connection abort
. 2021-03-18 17:36:25.282 Looking up host "192.168.0.253" for SSH connection
. 2021-03-18 17:36:25.282 Connecting to 192.168.0.253 port 22
. 2021-03-18 17:36:46.310 Failed to connect to 192.168.0.253: Network error: Connection timed out
. 2021-03-18 17:36:46.310 Knocking FTP port.
. 2021-03-18 17:36:48.320 FTP port did not open.
* 2021-03-18 17:36:48.340 (EFatal) Network error: Connection to "192.168.0.253" timed out.
. 2021-03-18 17:36:53.460 Looking up host "192.168.0.253" for SSH connection
. 2021-03-18 17:36:53.460 Connecting to 192.168.0.253 port 22
. 2021-03-18 17:37:14.490 Failed to connect to 192.168.0.253: Network error: Connection timed out
. 2021-03-18 17:37:14.490 Knocking FTP port.
. 2021-03-18 17:37:16.490 FTP port did not open.
* 2021-03-18 17:37:16.510 (EFatal) Network error: Connection to "192.168.0.253" timed out.
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.635 Looking up host "192.168.0.253" for SSH connection
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.635 Connecting to 192.168.0.253 port 22
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.635 We claim version: SSH-2.0-WinSCP_release_5.17.10
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.665 Remote version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.9p1 Debian-10+deb10u2
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.665 Using SSH protocol version 2
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.665 Have a known host key of type ssh-ed25519
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.675 Doing ECDH key exchange with curve Curve25519 and hash SHA-256
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.765 Server also has ecdsa-sha2-nistp256/ssh-rsa host keys, but we don't know any of them
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.765 Host key fingerprint is:
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.765 ssh-ed25519 255 25:bd:5a:80:6b:7a:a2:d0:bb:97:91:a5:06:66:02:b1 nj5D9i5wg1D9aBQ8y7T85mzxA4efeLlxoXBTOjhDnuo=
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.815 Host key matches cached key
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.815 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR (AES-NI accelerated) outbound encryption
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.815 Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 outbound MAC algorithm
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.815 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR (AES-NI accelerated) inbound encryption
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.815 Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 inbound MAC algorithm
! 2021-03-18 17:37:21.815 Using username "root".
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.845 Server offered these authentication methods: publickey,password
. 2021-03-18 17:37:21.845 Prompt (password, "SSH password", <no instructions>, "&Password: ")
. 2021-03-18 17:37:25.916 Attempt to close connection due to fatal exception:
. 2021-03-18 17:37:25.916 Closing connection.
* 2021-03-18 17:37:26.006 (ESshFatal)