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Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.3p2-9
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Hi,
It is not possible anymore to copy files to/from hosts with scp, when
.bashrc on the server side produces any output. sftp also fails.
to demonstrate:
client> echo bla > bla
client> scp bla server:
bla 100% 89 0.1KB/s 00:00
client>
client> # this works fine
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server side, bash as shell for the user
client> ssh server
server> echo "hello world" >> .bashrc
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client side:
client> echo bla > bla
client> scp bla server:
hello world
client>
client> # file was not copied
This behavior is present in scp from the latest openssh-client (4.3p2-9) and was
also present in 4.3p2-8, while 4.2p1-4 does copy files correctly.
Only the version of the client seems to matter.
scp -v -v does not produce additionally helpful information, so I
am not including its output.
Regards,
I.
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tags 419641 wontfix
thanks
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 07:15:40AM +0200, deb1.6.iridos@spamgourmet.com wrote:
> It is not possible anymore to copy files to/from hosts with scp, when
> .bashrc on the server side produces any output. sftp also fails.
I don't regard this as a bug, and it's in upstream's FAQ:
http://www.openssh.org/faq.html#2.9
# 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.
I would advise modifying your .bashrc to produce output only when the
shell is interactive. For instance:
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
echo hello world
fi
Or:
case $- in
*i*)
echo hello world
;;
esac
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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