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I'm not very familiar with it but there is installed openssh/sftp-server (by a vendor before) on RHEL and it was well running before i reboot the server. Then when i check after rebooted:

# ps aux | grep ftp

No sftp is running but sshd is.

So how do i do to have this sftp running please?

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You only need to add the following line to your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file:

Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server

or 

Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
Gerold Meisinger
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Pedro Bezunartea López
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    I already have this line in `sshd_config` file but it is still not running. How do you restart or reload the service? – depperm Jul 05 '19 at 15:09
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sftp subsystem is started on demand if it is enabled in the configuration file of openssh. Check the configuration file (near the end of it) to see whether sftp subsystem is enabled and whether the path to sftp executable is correct.

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  • Hi, Is it possible to start only sftp server , without the all the ssh server ? How ? – ransh Jan 24 '16 at 09:19
  • @ransh this question is not programming-related and is off-topic. Also, asking questions in comments, if those questions are not related to the answer itself, is not a good practice. Instead you are welcome to create a new question (but on the proper site). – Eugene Mayevski 'Callback Jan 24 '16 at 12:02
  • thanks for the comment, I will act accordingly, Regards. – ransh Jan 24 '16 at 13:38