I have Putty working. But not WinSCP. WinSCP works fine for me with a different VPS account I have elsewhere.

The WinSCP log has a line that I don't understand. It says:
Linode Shell (lish) Console starting...
< 2008-09-24 17:55:47.904 [linode12618@dallas96 lish] Must be connected to a terminal.
< 2008-09-24 17:55:47.904 Your Linode isn't running, or another console session is already active.

Then I get numerous "standard input: Invalid argument". Anyway, this is the WinSCP log file:

2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Host name: 67.18.186.52 (Port: 22)
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 User name: linode12618 (Password: No, Key file: No)
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Tunnel: No
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Transfer Protocol: SFTP (SCP)
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Ping type: -, Ping interval: 30 sec; Timeout: 15 sec
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Proxy: none
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 SSH protocol version: 2; Compression: No
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Bypass authentication: No
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Try agent: Yes; Agent forwarding: No; TIS/CryptoCard: No; KI: Yes; GSSAPI: No
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Ciphers: aes,blowfish,3des,WARN,arcfour,des; Ssh2DES: No
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 SSH Bugs: -,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 SFTP Bugs: -,-
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Return code variable: Autodetect; Lookup user groups: Yes
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Shell: default, EOL: 0
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Clear aliases: Yes, Unset nat.vars: Yes, Resolve symlinks: Yes
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 LS: ls -la, Ign LS warn: Yes, Scp1 Comp: No
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Local directory: default, Remote directory: home, Update: No, Cache: Yes
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 Cache directory changes: Yes, Permanent: Yes
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 DST mode: 1
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.937 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.999 Looking up host "67.18.186.52"
. 2008-09-24 17:55:36.999 Connecting to 67.18.186.52 port 22
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.093 Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.7p1-linode1
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.093 We claim version: SSH-2.0-WinSCP_release_4.1.6
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.108 SSPI: acquired credentials for: kkruecke@kkruecke-pc
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.108 Cannot convert IP address to SPN: DNS is not trusted
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.108 GSSKEX disabled: The operation completed successfully.

. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.108 Using SSH protocol version 2
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.140 Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.264 Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange with hash SHA-1
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.514 Host key fingerprint is:
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.514 ssh-rsa 2048 23:0e:d0:eb:02:21:60:15:68:94:45:c7:85:de:1a:2a
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.514 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR client->server encryption
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.514 Initialised HMAC-SHA1 client->server MAC algorithm
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.514 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR server->client encryption
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.514 Initialised HMAC-SHA1 server->client MAC algorithm
! 2008-09-24 17:55:37.639 Using username "removed-from-post".
. 2008-09-24 17:55:37.842 Prompt (6, SSH password, , &Password: )
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.685 Sent password
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.732 Access granted
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.763 Opened channel for session
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.810 Primary command failed; attempting fallback
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.857 Started a shell/command
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.857 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.857 Using SCP protocol.
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.857 Doing startup conversation with host.
. 2008-09-24 17:55:47.857 Skipping host startup message (if any).
> 2008-09-24 17:55:47.857 echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0"
< 2008-09-24 17:55:47.872 [linode12618@dallas96 lish] Wed Sep 24 18:55:47 EDT 2008
< 2008-09-24 17:55:47.872 [linode12618@dallas96 lish] Linode Shell (lish) Console starting...
< 2008-09-24 17:55:47.904 [linode12618@dallas96 lish] Must be connected to a terminal.

< 2008-09-24 17:55:47.904 Your Linode isn't running, or another console session is already active.
! 2008-09-24 17:55:48.013 /bin/stty: standard input: Invalid argument
! 2008-09-24 17:55:53.020 /bin/stty: standard input: Invalid argument
! 2008-09-24 17:55:53.067 /bin/stty: standard input: Invalid argument
! 2008-09-24 17:55:58.028 /bin/stty: standard input: Invalid argument

You're trying to winscp through Lish. Lish is your Linode's CONSOLE. WinSCP needs to connect to your Linode's sshd.

You want to be doing this with your Linode's IP address. Not "dallas96.linode.com". dallas96 is the host your Linode resides on.

The Linode's IP address is located on its Network page, next to "eth0".

BTW. You also should be using the Linode's IP address to ssh into when accessing via Putty. The console really is only there for emergencies.

-Chris

Thanks Chris. Much appreciated. I'm in business.