joe said: > Brian T. Brunner wrote: > >>Interim: >>/usr/local/bin/scp and /usr/local/bin/scp2 are the same file >>(symlink). >>Making a symlink from /usr/bin/scp to /usr/bin/scp1 cures the failure. >> >>*man* what possessed people to name both utilities scp? >> >> >> > Somebody compiled their own home grown ssh and installed it into > /usr/local? Most likely installed a non-OpenSSH version. > As far as scp1 and scp2, scp1 is just another name for "scp -1 ...", > right? No, and that is where the problem comes in. Not all SSH implimentations support both protocols, some of them have different binaries for SSH v1 and SSH v2. In the case of OpenSSH, making scp1 a link to scp works because the binary supports both protocols. -- William Hooper -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
