scp error

[espar]

Hi there - i am trying to copy user data from a rh fed3 box to a rh ent3 box - to distribute load.

The users dont have shells as it is a web hosting environment. I have started by just trying the following command (i have not set up the auto login (rcp_id) as yet as i am still investigating the security aspects)

scp -r -p user@box1:/ user@box2/

Both users are setup on the src and dest boxes.
I get ssh connection and then the passwd prompt... After logging in successfully i get

protocol error: mtime.sec not delimited

I spotted on the web some vague comments about .rc files with TERM variables - but neither of the user accounts have .rc files and running as root none of its .rc files have a TERM variable.

Any clues??

 

[espar]

lol - i hate it when i assume too much, like sensible error messages...

"mtime.sec not delimited" - this is an encoded message telling me that the paths are not set correctly =p

scp -r -p user@box1:/ user@box2/

ie the users dont have permissions to copy from /

changed to:
scp -r -p user@box1:/home/userdir user@box2/home/userdir

and i just have the noshell problem to deal with...

BTW - which can be solved by using scponly shell availble...