Public bug reported: Since I moved from Trusty to Xenial, my sftp backup script stopped working. After a bit of investigation it seems to be exactly https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2528. Fortunately it was fixed in OpenSSH 7.2.
I know 7.2 is pretty recent and not yet in Debian but I would appreciate if Xenial could have a fix for this annoying bug. If upgrading to 7.2 is not possible, a backport of the specific commit would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) Release: 16.04 $ apt-cache policy openssh-client openssh-client: Installed: 1:7.1p2-2 Candidate: 1:7.1p2-2 Version table: *** 1:7.1p2-2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: openssh-client 1:7.1p2-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-10.25-generic 4.4.3 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Mar 4 16:46:45 2016 RelatedPackageVersions: ssh-askpass N/A libpam-ssh N/A keychain N/A ssh-askpass-gnome 1:7.1p2-2 SSHClientVersion: OpenSSH_7.1p2 Ubuntu-2, OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016 SourcePackage: openssh UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1553378 Title: recursive sftp transfers abort when destination dir exists To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1553378/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs