[macunix]

ssh works fine. however if i try scp i get a 'write failed,broken pipe'
msg and sftp 'command not found'. does 10.0.1 include the full ssh suite
or just parts of it? what else might cause scp to give that msg? the
host i'm trying to scp to is one where scp works fine with NiftyTelnet.

[Eugene]

I haven't had any probems with scp with OS X. I suggest downloading the latest OpenSSH anyway. There's a great step-by-step how-to on www.stepwise.com.

[P]

They're there, but not enabled. Edit the /etc/ssh-config file and uncomment the apropriate line.

[macunix]

thanks guys, a couple more questions. actually i do have scp, it was one particular
host (the one where i really need scp since ftp is disabled) that gives the
'write failed-broken pipe' msg. on another host scp works fine. so now i gotta
figure out what's the difference. again, on the secure host with no ftp Nifty
Telnet scp in OS9 works fine.

as for uncommenting the 'appropriate line',my ssh_config is below and *every*
line is commented out, and i sure don't see anything referring to scp or sftp.
maybe i'm being incredibly dense, but an explanation of the lines in that file
wd be appreciated.....tom

[localhost:/etc] root# more ssh_config
# This is ssh client systemwide configuration file. This file provides
# defaults for users, and the values can be changed in per-user configuration
# files or on the command line.

# Configuration data is parsed as follows:
# 1. command line options
# 2. user-specific file
# 3. system-wide file
# Any configuration value is only changed the first time it is set.
# Thus, host-specific definitions should be at the beginning of the
# configuration file, and defaults at the end.

# Site-wide defaults for various options

# Host *
# ForwardAgent yes
# ForwardX11 yes
# RhostsAuthentication yes
# RhostsRSAAuthentication yes
# RSAAuthentication yes
# PasswordAuthentication yes
# FallBackToRsh no
# UseRsh no
# BatchMode no
# CheckHostIP yes
# StrictHostKeyChecking no
# IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity
# Port 22
# Protocol 2,1
# Cipher blowfish
# EscapeChar ~

[Mactoid]

try sshd_config. don't know about scp, but i does have a line for sftp.

[tpitts1]

I haven't had any problems with scp or sftp after installing 10.0.1.

Lets say the file I want is on a remote machine:

prompt> scp [email protected]:/path/name/goes/here/* ./

* copies all files in that folder, alternatively scp -r copies recursively
./ this puts it in the dir you happen to be in when getting the files.

Let's put the files on the same host machine:

prompt> scp ./* [email protected]:/path/name/goes/here/

Even better, but not always as easy to understand:
man scp for the manual pages on scp

[This message has been edited by tpitts1 (edited 04-24-2001).]

[This message has been edited by tpitts1 (edited 04-24-2001).]

[Mactoid]

Originally posted by tpitts1:
prompt> scp [email protected]:/path/name/goes/here/* /.

* copies all files in that folder, alternatively scp -r copies recursively
/. this puts it in the dir you happen to be in when getting the files.

i think you mean:
prompt> scp [email protected]:/path/name/goes/here/* ./
with a "./" at the end, not a "/.". The "/." would put everything in root.

prompt> scp /* [email protected]:/path/name/goes/here/

likewise this should probably read
prompt> scp ./* [email protected]:/path/name/goes/here/
with a "./*", not a "/*". "/*" will copy everything on every volume mounted on your computer.
I don't mean to nitpick, i'm sure these are just typo's, but I don't want it to cause any confusion.

[tpitts1]

Thanks for noticing that. That will teach me for not going to the command line and looking at my history. A little reversal of syntax can be a killer, sorry for any confusion. I have made the changes in my post to reflect the right answer.

[macunix]

my problem is not the syntax, but that it doesn't work on one particular host
that is important to me. it's the first one i tried, which had me thinking maybe
scp was not working at all, but now i see scp works fine with other hosts.
so it's a specific problem- a machine where i can scp from NiftyTelnet but
not from the X command line. msg is 'write failed-broken pipe'

[Since EBCDIC]

Hi again, Tom. (Please forgive the gentle beating about the head and shoulders I gave you in another thread.)

Tell us more about this particular machine, the one which seems to be having troubles with scp. What OS is it running? What versions of sshd does it have? (Any relevant questions I've missed?)

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Since EBCDIC
Make every post count!

[macunix]

>Tell us more about this particular machine, the one which seems to be having
>troubles with scp. What OS is it running? What versions of sshd does it have?
>(Any relevant questions I've missed?)

well, i still can't scp to the one machine 'zathras' (a departed sysadmin gave all
our servers Babylon-5 names ). actually there's no real problem. zathras won't
accept ftp, which is why i want scp, but i can ssh and then ftp to my mac. would
still like to know what's up, though:

tom@zathras:~ % ssh -V
ssh: SSH Version 2.0.12
tom@zathras:~ % uname -a
IRIX64 zathras 6.5 04151556 IP27

i might just write zathras off as odd (he sure was on B5) but scp with NiftyTelnet
from 9.1 or classic works fine.....tom