Wiles, Dale L. (NE <Dale.Wiles <at> gd-ais.com> writes: > > I updated cygwin yesterday (10/12/10) and rebooted my Windows XP (SP3) box. Now, when I use scp from a Red Hat > 5.5 box to my Windows box, scp quietly fails. > > If I run (from Red Hat) "scp uname <at> windowsbox:file .", I'm prompted for my password. I type it in and then, a > moment later, scp exits. No data gets transferred and there is no error messages. If I type in a garbage file > name, I get the same results. There is no error message. > > If I run "sftp uname <at> windowsbox:file ." I'm prompted for my password and the file transfers normally. > Unfortunately I need a recursive copy. > > I can also ssh into my windows box with no problem. > > /var/log/sshd.log exists, but is empty. >
At least, could you check scp's exit code? $ scp .... $ echo $? If it's nonzero, you could produce the error message yourself: $ scp ... || echo "scp failed" Not that it fixes scp... :-( Does MidnightCommander's Shell-link panel fail too? Best regards Gergely -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
