ssh works but scp does not

[Mauro Souza]

You can try scp -v to enable verbose mode. It will print progress messages
and help you figure out what is wrong, so you could ask your provider to
solve the problem.

Mauro
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2014-03-01 13:51 GMT-03:00 ted leslie <ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>:

> It is possible since its a server you don't control , that they put some
> restriction on SCP vs SSH.
> In a not similar issue, but with a firewall issue, you can of course
> reverse the file transfer.
> In my case I had to park the files on a mutually accessible host. Go to
> the system i could ssh to but not
> scp, then scp IN from there.
> You could ask the entity that admin/setup the server about the issue,
> maybe they screwed up when putting some
> restriction on ssh use on the server, maybe to do with PSK vs RSA. You
> could also set up your own
> sshd on that box on a custom port above the restricted 1024.
> -tl
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Zbigniew Koziol <softquake-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:
>
>> The remote server is configured to accept connection from my home
>> computer by accepting rsa keys exchange.
>>
>> I have no problem to connect there by SSH in that way.
>>
>> However, scp does not work. I am asked for user password.
>>
>> I of course googled this problem, but nothing reasonable comes.
>>
>> The remote server is a commercial server I have an account bought, I have
>> no full access there.
>>
>> zb.
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