scp with IPV6

[Joachim Backes]

On 12/20/2010 09:43 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/20/2010 04:17 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
>> Hi, having a scp problem with IPV6:
>>
>> I want to copy a local file to a remote server without DNS entry via the
>> server IPV6 address
>> (for example "scp file  2001:638:208:ef45:0:ff:fe00:65:)
>>
>> Syntactical Problem: The first server part (2001) is interpreted as
>> target host name, the rest as filename, and that produces problems.
>>
>> I only can solve this problem by making an /etc/hosts entry like
>>
>> 2001:638:208:ef45:0:ff:fe00:65 server
>>
>> and using "server" instead of the IPV6 address.
>>
>> Any other solution?
>>
>> NB: ssh to that IVP6 address runs flawlessly.
> 
> I don't currently have  IPv6 systems configured....  But, have you tried
> the inelegant solution \[2001:638:208:ef45:0:ff:fe00:65\]  ?

Hi Ed,

helps. But where is this documented? I found nothing when using "man
scp" or "info scp".

Kind regards and thank you.

Joachim Backes
> 


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