topic Re: sftp problem at hp server in Operating System - HP-UX

sftp problem at hp server

Jun Zhang_4 — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:24:48 GMT

scp problemserver:/etc/hosts /tmp
sh: scp: not found.
ssh problemserver which scp
no scp in $prefix/bin $prefix/sbin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/bin
problemserver:root:/# which scp
/usr/local/bin/scp
ssh problemserver echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin is not in the path, and the paths are different from the one seen in the error message.
problemserver:root:/# echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin is in the path, and the paths are different from the one in the error message and from the remote echo $path result.
Using scp at the problemserver as a client is fine.

Jun Z

Re: sftp problem at hp server

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:30:43 GMT

/usr/local/bin/scp

That is not a standard installation location.

This looks very much like an environment variable issue.

Keep looking at the $PATH variable.

SEP

Re: sftp problem at hp server

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:31:05 GMT

Hi Jun Z,

scp problemsever:/etc/hosts /tmp
^

The system on which you are executing 'scp' doesn't seem to have it in it's path. I meant client not the problemserver. All problemserver does is to respond with it's sshd daemon. Instead of doing 'ssh problemserver which scp' do

which scp

This will show scp on the local system. If it doesn't show, then either you have to fix the path or the local system (not the problemserver) doesn't have it installed.

Try

/usr/local/bin/scp problemserver:/etc/hosts /tmp

-Sri

Re: sftp problem at hp server

Jun Zhang_4 — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:19:12 GMT

This is openssh-3.7.1p2.
problemserver:> which scp
/usr/local/bin/scp
client:> ssh problemserver which scp
not found
as in my original question (root user is all that involved).

Jun

Re: sftp problem at hp server

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:41:02 GMT

Hi,

ssh is compiled with a default path ( a compiler option). If you run which remotely, only that path will be used. If /usr/local/bin is not part of that path then your 'ssh problemserver which scp' will not return anything.

Once you login to the problemserver, the session will inherit the PATH set in the system by /etc/PATH,/etc/profile and your .profile. So 'which scp' will show you the result.

So, I run 'ssh otherserver which ssh', I get the following
/opt/openssh2/bin/ssh

I have "/usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /opt/openssh2/bin" in my sshd's default path. So, I got the response back.

ssh otherserver which gzip
no gzip in /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /opt/openssh2/bin

Since /usr/contrib/bin is not in sshd's default path, I got the error.

-Sri