Re: scp trouble(potato)
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
>
> 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.
that was it! i removed my .bashrc and .bash_profile and its working now :)
thanks a lot!!
nate
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