What is the problem you are having with rclone?
rclone tries to do ssh login when the config file says there is no shell. It was possible to mount fort_tu1_2 fine but the anomaly showed up with fort_tu1_3. The config had an ssh command for fort_tu1_3 when "shell_type=none".
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
C:\Users\justme>rclone --version
rclone v1.65.2
- os/version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 22H2 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 10.0.19045.4046 (x86_64)
- os/type: windows
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.21.6
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: cmount
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
None. SFTP server that comes with Ubuntu 22.04
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
C:\Users\justme>rclone mount fort_tu1_3:/fort Z:
2024/03/11 13:34:47 NOTICE: fort_tu1_3: --sftp-ssh is in use - ignoring user/host/port from config - set in the parameters to --sftp-ssh (remove them from the config to silence this warning)
2024/03/11 13:36:09 Failed to create file system for "fort_tu1_3:/fort": NewFs: couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF
C:\Users\justme>
Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.
[fort_tu1]
type = sftp
host = XXX
user = XXX
key_pem = XXX
ssh = ssh -i C:\Users\ayoub\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1.pem tu1@aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
known_hosts_file = C:\Users\ayoub\.ssh\known_hosts
shell_type = none
skip_links = true
idle_timeout = 10m0s
[fort_tu1_2]
type = sftp
host = XXX
user = XXX
key_file = C:\Users\ayoub\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1
ssh =
shell_type = none
skip_links = true
idle_timeout = 10m0s
[fort_tu1_3]
type = sftp
host = XXX
user = XXX
key_file = C:\Users\ayoub\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1
ssh = ssh -i C:\Users\ayoub\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
shell_type = none
skip_links = true
idle_timeout = 10m0s
A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag
C:\Users\justme>rclone mount fort_tu1_3:/fort Z: -vv
2024/03/11 13:21:25 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.65.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "mount" "fort_tu1_3:/fort" "Z:" "-vv"]
2024/03/11 13:21:25 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "fort_tu1_3:/fort"
2024/03/11 13:21:25 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\\Users\\justme\\Desktop\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
2024/03/11 13:21:25 NOTICE: fort_tu1_3: --sftp-ssh is in use - ignoring user/host/port from config - set in the parameters to --sftp-ssh (remove them from the config to silence this warning)
2024/03/11 13:21:25 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:21:25 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:21:33 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 1/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:21:33 DEBUG : pacer: Rate limited, increasing sleep to 200ms
2024/03/11 13:21:33 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:21:33 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:21:41 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 2/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:21:41 DEBUG : pacer: Rate limited, increasing sleep to 400ms
2024/03/11 13:21:41 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:21:41 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:21:49 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 3/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:21:49 DEBUG : pacer: Rate limited, increasing sleep to 800ms
2024/03/11 13:21:49 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:21:49 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:21:58 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 4/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:21:58 DEBUG : pacer: Rate limited, increasing sleep to 1.6s
2024/03/11 13:21:58 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:21:58 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:22:06 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 5/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:22:06 DEBUG : pacer: Rate limited, increasing sleep to 2s
2024/03/11 13:22:06 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:22:06 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:22:14 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 6/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:22:14 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:22:14 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:22:22 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 7/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:22:22 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:22:22 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:22:30 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 8/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:22:30 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:22:30 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:22:39 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 9/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:22:39 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: creating additional session
2024/03/11 13:22:39 DEBUG : sftp://tu1@208.113.134.46:22//fort: ssh external: running: ssh -i C:\Users\justme\.ssh\id_ed25519_tu1 tu1@208.113.134.46 -s sftp
2024/03/11 13:22:47 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 10/10 (error couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF)
2024/03/11 13:22:47 Failed to create file system for "fort_tu1_3:/fort": NewFs: couldn't initialise SFTP: error receiving version packet from server: server unexpectedly closed connection: unexpected EOF
C:\Users\justme>