For list of reasons WinSCP cannot parse directory listing and possible resolutions, see documentation.

WinSCP requires group name to be present in directory listing. Please read "Requirements" chapter.

Using WinSCP 2.2.0 (build 122), I get the following behavior when logging into a Solaris 9 server:

Error listing directory "/export/home/ericr".
Unexpected directory listing line "drwx------ 91 ericr 6656 Apr 4 16:27 .".
Operation aborted

and I never get the remote directory listing. However, in the log file, it seems to be working, so I suspect a bug in parsing the output of the dorectory list. Here's an example log:

Doing startup conversation with host (shell).
Skipping host startup message (if any).
echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0"
Warning: no access to tty (Bad file number).
Thus no job control in this shell.
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
Detecting variable containing return code of last command.
Trying "$status".
echo "$status" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0"
0
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
Return code variable "$status" selected.
Looking up current user groups.
groups ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
staff root ericr sysadmin
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
Following groups found:
staff
root
ericr
sysadmin
Clearing all aliases.
unalias "echo" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "pwd" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "cd" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "ls" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "groups" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "scp" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "rm" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "mv" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "mkdir" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "chmod" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "chgrp" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "chown" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "unset" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "unalias" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "alias" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unalias "%s" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
Clearing national user variables.
unset "LANG" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LANGUAGE" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LC_CTYPE" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LC_COLLATE" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LC_MONETARY" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LC_NUMERIC" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LC_TIME" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LC_MESSAGES" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "LC_ALL" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
unset "HUMAN_BLOCKS" ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
Getting current directory name.
pwd ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
/export/home/ericr
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
Listing current directory.
ls -la ; echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:$status"
total 346600
drwx------ 91 ericr 6656 Apr 4 16:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root 512 Mar 6 12:04 ..
-rw------- 1 ericr 1911 Dec 6 2000 .Bugtraqrc
-rw------- 1 ericr 3104 Mar 20 14:20 .ICEauthority
-rw------- 1 ericr 33 Oct 24 2000 .OWdefaults
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ericr 22800 Apr 3 08:25 .RealNetworks_RealMediaSDK_60
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ericr 998 Apr 3 08:25 .RealNetworks_RealPlayer_60
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ericr 75 Mar 5 15:46 .RealNetworks_RealShared_00
-rw------- 1 ericr 2497 Mar 20 14:20 .TTauthority
drwxrwxr-x 2 ericr 512 Mar 20 14:36 .Trash
-rw------- 1 ericr 3354 Mar 28 20:20 .Xauthority
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ericr 40 Aug 7 2002 .Xdefaults
...
WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
Startup conversation with host (shell) finished.

I get the same behavior in all directories on the system. How can I get the remote directory listing to work?

Thanks!

ericr
ericr@clue.com