Hi,
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 08:26:39PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:00:48PM -0800, Jim Knoble wrote:
> > 3. 'scp' stays, but becomes the CLI for SFTP, and the SCP protocol breaks.
>
> Why does "scp becomes the CLI for SFTP" necessitate "the SCP protocol
> breaks"?
The way scp works today is "run ssh to the remote, then invoke scp with
a few extra options". So if "the program named scp" will no longer
provide the server side functionality, it would break *older* scp
clients trying to talk "scp-the-old-protocol" to *newer* ssh installations.
Now, of course, the "scp-that-does-sftp" binary could have an
understanding for the old scp-server-side options... but that
sounds like a maintenance annoyance.
gert
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