Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/10/13/16:10:49
From: Wiles, Dale L. (NE) <Dale DOT Wiles AT gd-ais DOT com>
Date: Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:44:26AM -0400
> I updated cygwin yesterday (10/12/10) and rebooted my Windows XP (SP3) box. Now, when I use scp from a Red Hat 5.5 box to my Windows box, scp quietly fails.
>
> If I run (from Red Hat) "scp uname AT windowsbox:file .", I'm prompted for my password. I type it in and then, a moment later, scp exits. No data gets transferred and there is no error messages. If I type in a garbage file name, I get the same results. There is no error message.
>
> If I run "sftp uname AT windowsbox:file ." I'm prompted for my password and the file transfers normally. Unfortunately I need a recursive copy.
>
> I can also ssh into my windows box with no problem.
>
> /var/log/sshd.log exists, but is empty.
>
I had something like this (ssh OK, scp fails silently) a few years ago,
and it was related to this:
The OpenSSH FAQ has something to that affect in section 2.9
http://www.openssh.com/faq.html
<snip>
2.9 - sftp/scp fails at connection, but ssh is OK.
sftp and/or scp may fail at connection time if you have shell
initialization (.profile, .bashrc, .cshrc, etc) which produces output
for non-interactive sessions. This output confuses the sftp/scp client.
You can verify if your shell is doing this by executing:
ssh yourhost /usr/bin/true
If the above command produces any output, then you need to modify your
shell initialization.
<snip>
which I found on google using 'scp fails silently .bashrc' - there's
lots more info there.
Hope this helps,
Jurriaan
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