https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/SFTP-Backups/m-p/267110#M13542 <P>Any relevant logs at all? Is it locally or centrally managed?</P> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:50:29 GMT the_rock 2026-01-12T18:50:29Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/SFTP-Backups/m-p/267109#M13541 <P>Does anybody know what command a scheduled SFTP backup runs under the hood on a Spark appliance?</P> <P>I have a new SFTP server.&nbsp; I'm specifically using SFTP instead of SCP so that I can harden the server more (take away CLI login from the backup users and jail them to a specific folder).&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>This is working perfectly on proper Gaia (using SSH keys), but Spark appliances only give me the option of username/password.&nbsp;</P> <P>I've tested from the command line on a Spark, logging in and doing an SFTP PUT and it works perfectly, but when I use the same details in the scheduled backup, my SFTP server shows a successful login immediately followed by the session closing, and no backup file transferred.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>I've got LogLevel=DEBUG3 set in my sshd conf file, but still it doesn't give me enough info to troubleshoot why the scheduled backup logs in then closes immediately.&nbsp; I don't see any attempt to try and transfer the file after the successful authentication.</P> <P>Just wondered if anyone cleverer than me has any ideas?</P> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:21:52 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/SFTP-Backups/m-p/267109#M13541 biskit 2026-01-12T18:21:52Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/SFTP-Backups/m-p/267110#M13542 <P>Any relevant logs at all? Is it locally or centrally managed?</P> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:50:29 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/SFTP-Backups/m-p/267110#M13542 the_rock 2026-01-12T18:50:29Z