From 7b95dde25f28512b1343e42a9fb4a858f8cbcc1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mickael Kerjean <mickael@kerjean.me>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:31:17 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] fix (#426): username case sensitive on sftp

better strategy is to:
1. attempt the login "as is"
2. attempt the lowercase version in case of error
---
 server/plugin/plg_backend_sftp/index.go | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_backend_sftp/index.go b/server/plugin/plg_backend_sftp/index.go
index ae21108a..8c47add1 100644
--- a/server/plugin/plg_backend_sftp/index.go
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_backend_sftp/index.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (s Sftp) Init(params map[string]string, app *App) (IBackend, error) {
 	}{
 		params["hostname"],
 		params["port"],
-		strings.ToLower(params["username"]),
+		params["username"],
 		params["password"],
 		params["passphrase"],
 	}
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ func (s Sftp) Init(params map[string]string, app *App) (IBackend, error) {
 
 	client, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", addr, config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return &s, ErrAuthenticationFailed
+		config.User = strings.ToLower(p.username)
+		client, err = ssh.Dial("tcp", addr, config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return &s, ErrAuthenticationFailed
+		}
 	}
 	s.SSHClient = client