Re: scp trouble(potato)
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Nate Amsden wrote:
> this only happens on 1 machine..(i run a couple dozen potato
> servers/workstations), when trying to scp to or from it i get this:
>
> aphro@aphro:~$ scp aphro@xxx.xxx.xxx:/home/aphro/window.xwd .
> aphro@xxx.xxx.xxx's password:
> Linux xxx.xxx.xxx 2.2.18 #1 Fri Jan 26 15:45:53 PST 2001 i686 unknown
> aphro@aphro:~$ Write failed flushing stdout buffer.
> write stdout: Broken pipe
>
*snip*
According to the OpenSSH FAQ, if you have a .bashrc or .profile
that produces output for non-interactive sessions it can confuse
scp. That's just a guess, though.
I've seen the same thing happen once or twice - but oddly enough
it's something that hasn't be reproducible for me. It might happen
once in 200 or 300 times that I've used scp to move files about
from computer to computer on my local network.
You can find the FAQ here:
http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#2.8
If that's not actually the problem, or if it is, let us know.
I'd be interested to know what solves it.
Oh, you might also look and see if it's logging some errors.
It's possible that you'll find the answer there.
Take care,
Zonker
--
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
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