scp -r problem

kenrcoeb_at_mail.rochester.edu
Date: 06/15/04

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    All of a sudden a week and a half ago, the users say, scp -r stopped working
    in one special way.

    Normally...

    Localhost:
        mkdir /tmp/z
        cd /tmp/z
        touch a b c
        cd /tmp
        scp -r z remotehost:/tmp
    z/a | 0B | 0.0 kB/s | TOC: 00:00:01 | 100%
    z/b | 0B | 0.0 kB/s | TOC: 00:00:01 | 100%
    z/c | 0B | 0.0 kB/s | TOC: 00:00:01 | 100%
    And if you scp again it works again.

    However to one machine of ours, if the remote directory z already exists:

    scp: warning: mkdir: /tmp/z (dst): no such file (server msg: 'syserr: No such file or directory, file: /tmp/z')

    This error messsage is from
    scp: SSH Secure Shell 3.2.2 (non-commercial version) on sparc-sun-solaris2.8

    It also fails the same way with slight error-message wording changes under
    3.2.5. I will try 3.2.9 when I get back from YAPC. I don't have this
    problem on any other machine that I have tried. Of course the target machine
    is the one where users actually rely on scp -r, thanks to Murphy's Law.
    Trussing (process tracing) seems to indicate a problem reading /dev/tty
    rather than a problem with /tmp/z.

    Anybody seen this? 

    --
-ken rich    "Of course, someone who knows
              more about this will correct
              me if I'm wrong, and someone
              who knows less will correct me
              if I'm right." --David Palmer     kenrcoeb(a)mail.rochester.edu
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