Re: scp problems between Solaris and Tru64

From: Dave Uhring (daveuhring_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/18/03 

Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 20:24:40 -0500

On Sat, 17 May 2003 23:48:56 +0100, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:

> Did you mean to remove scp from the Alpha, or the Sun ??

The Alpha; that's where the problem was.
 
> I'm a bit worried about removing the ssh software subset on the Dec
> Alpha. I've not owned the Dec long, so are not too hot on Tru64 UNIX
> administration. However, if I list the software subsets on the Alpha,
> it implies ssh is required. Quite why that would be I don't know, but
> it does rather suggest it might break the system if removed.
>
> # setld -i | grep Required
> OSFBASE540 installed Base System (- Required -)
> OSFHWBASE540 installed Base System - Hardware
> Support (- Required -)
> OSFOEMBASE540 installed Tru64 UNIX Base System (-
> Required -)
> OSFSSHBASE540 installed Secure Shell Base
> Components (- Required -)
>
> There are 117 software subsets installed, but 4 (one of which is the
> ssh) is listed as 'Required'. Hence my reluctance to remove it.
>
> However, I renamed /usr/bin/scp to /usr/bin/scp.orig on the Alpha and
> it now works okay!!! So as you thought, scp1 was being found on the
> Alpha since it was before OpenSSH scp in my path.

That should do the same thing as removal of the package.
 
> Cheers. I'll leave the rest of the ssh configuration on the Alpha, for
> fear of breaking the system.

Complete removal of the original SSH did not have any impact on my
Tru64-5.0b systems, but YMMV. Since it's working now just leave it as is.

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