Re: An scp question

[Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak]

>   From machine A (FC17) I can successfully do both of these:
>
>  	scp <FILENAME> <machine B>:/PATH (copy to machine A from B)
>
>  	scp <machine B>:/PATH/<FILENAME> (copy to machine B from A)
>
>  BUT from machine B (FC14), both of these fail:
>
>  	scp <FILENAME> <machine A>:/PATH
>
>  	scp <machine A>:/PATH/<FILENAME> 

Check the AuthorizedKeysFile setting in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, on both 
computers. The default value changed at some point. One machine might be 
using:

.ssh/authorized_keys

and one might be using

.ssh/authorized_keys2

I know I've run into this. They don't have to be the same; but you might 
not be using the authorized keys file that you expect.


- Mike