[ale] SCP problem

[David Corbin]

Michael D. Hirsch wrote:

>On Thursday 05 February 2004 07:45 pm, David Corbin wrote:
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>>I have a RedHat Linux system that I can ssh to.  However, I'm having
>>problems with scp.  I'm trying to scp from a Windows box using cygwin,
>>however, no file is copied.  scp returns a "1" (I think).  There are no
>>errors display.  When I run with -v -v, I still see nothing that looks
>>terribly helpful, other than this confirmation that it's not doing
>>anything: <snip>
>>debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 0 bytes in 0.2 seconds
>>debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.0
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>>If I try to copy a file FROM the Linux box, scp hangs
>><snip>
>>debug2: channel 0: write failed
>>debug2: channel 0: close_write
>>debug2: channel 0: output open -> closed
>>Sending file modes: C0600 12543 .bash_history
>>debug2: channel 0: written 46 to efd 6
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>First, make sure that and firewall is turned off.
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Well, I'm not sure it's off, but doesn't the fact that I can ssh to the 
box without problem tell us it's not an issue?  Is there another port 
involved in scp?

>Second, does /var/log/secure show anything?
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No, it' doesn't.

>Do you have a second Linux box you can test with first?  I expect that would 
>be easier to debug.
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I think I get get my hands on one, but I'm concerned it might be "overly 
locked down".

>--Michael
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