OCI: Winscp Error: Received a too large SFTP packet(xxxxx B), the supported largest packet size is XXXXX B (Doc ID 2899448.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Getting error when executing sftp on winscp.
 
Received a too large SFTP packet(xxxxx B), the supported largest packet size is XXXXX B.
Error is normally caused by starting script (e.g. profile) messages message can be started with ".bas"
not able to initialize SFTP protocol, is the host SFTP server?

Changes

 Modified .bash* files such as .bashrc, .bash_profile etc.

Cause

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