Data loss when using Thunar and SFTP connection

[LL-user]

Hi TC,

Thanks for taking the time and your input.

No root permission involved Here a few more details:

• On both boxes I use a user with identical UID/GID.
  
• The files are owned by this user.
  
• Identical results with both file managers, Thunar and PCManFM
  
• Both boxes run on 64-bit systems
  

Results:

sftp connection from LL3.0 (client) to LL2.8 (server) via file manger

• Text files: Saving is NOT a problem per se, therefore I'm pretty sure it's not a permission problem. HOWEVER the text file content gets wiped out! Without any warning or error message.
  
• LibreOffice files are not opening at all
  
• Haven't tried other files yet.
  

sftp connection from LL2.8 (client) to LL3.0 (server) via file manger

• All files on server can remotely be opened, edited and saved.
  

sftp connection from LL2.8 (client) to LL2.8 (server) via file manger

• All files on server can remotely be opened, edited and saved.
  

A wild guess
Could it have to do with the libssh2-1 library installed on both systems?
LL2.8: Version: 1.4.3-2
LL3.0: Version: 1.5.0-2
Description: SSH2 client-side library
libssh2 is a client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol. It supports regular terminal, SCP and
SFTP sessions; port forwarding; password, key-based and keyboard-interactive authentication.

An initial search on the net didn't return any useful hints.