[scponly] scp fails with "lost connection"

[Michael Gillis]

Paul,

Yes that is it. I only looked at the INSTALL file for hints on
compiling, and enabling scp is not mentioned there. And to be honest,
with a name like scponly wouldn't one expect it to support scp by
default ;-)

Thanks again,

Michael.
 
 
>>> <Paul.Hyder at noaa.gov> 10/17/06 4:08 pm >>> 
It is a bit basic but did you use the -- enable- winscp- compat
configure flag?  (Latest release doesn't support scp by default,
you need either the winscp flag or -- enable- scp- compat.
FYI the winscp- compat flag enables scp, if you support winscp
you don't need both configure flags.)
     Paul Hyder

-----  Original Message -----
From: Michael Gillis <gillisme at gov.ns.ca>
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:16 pm
Subject: [scponly] scp fails with "lost connection"

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to scponly and am having a problem. I tried the archives,
but
> there doesn't appear to be a way to search them?
> 
> Anyway, I compiled (gcc) and installed scponly on an IBM box running
> AIX 5.3. I left everything as default and am not using chroot. When 
> theuser was initially created I was able to ssh in as this user to 
> resetthe password, but was immediately disconnected. This user can 
> no longer
> ssh into the box, which is good, but scp does not work either. 
> Trying to
> scp from my SUSE linux box results in being asked the password, and 
> thengetting "lost connection". I can successfully scp to the box if 
> I use
> another account. 
> 
> When I tried WinSCP from a Windows PC, it would work if using SFTP, 
> butit would fail if set to use SCP only with the message "Error 
> skippingstartup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with
the
> application (BASH is recommended)" In the more information box was
the
> message "Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent
command
> exit status 1."
> 
> Does anyone have any clues/tips on what I have done wrong and how to
> resolve it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael Gillis.
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> TPW -  NS Gov
> 
> 
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