Bug#467232: openssh-client: scp hangs on named pipes
Subject: openssh-client: scp hangs on named pipes
Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.3p2-9
Severity: normal
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scp hangs forever when trying to copy a named pipe from a remote server.
Try the following to reproduce:
(remote)
mkfifo /test
(local)
scp -rp remote:/test .
Password:
(hangs forever here)
(remote)
>echo "free me from hell" > /test
(local)
scp: /test: not a regular file
>
(process ended)
Expected result:
1) The operation should not hang, but print the "not a regular file" error immediatly.
2) scp should print the file it tries to transfer before actually starting the operation. (It is hard to know which$
Remote system runs openssh-server, version 1:4.3p2-9.
Best Regards,
Daniel Mellergårdh
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages openssh-client depends on:
ii add 3.102 Add and remove users and groups
ii deb 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpk 1.13.25 package maintenance system for Deb
ii lib 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii lib 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1 common error description library
ii lib 2.9.cvs.20050518-2.2 BSD editline and history libraries
ii lib 1.4.4-7etch4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii lib 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii lib 0.9.8c-4etch1 SSL shared libraries
ii pas 1:4.0.18.1-7 change and administer password and
ii zli 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
openssh-client recommends no packages.
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