topic Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command in Operating System - HP-UX

Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Daigle — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:09:30 GMT

Hello, I am trying to run scp (secure copy) command. I keep getting "ksh: scp: not found" error. I get this even when I run the command from the directory that scp (and ssh) are in. I also get it when my command includes the full path to the scp command. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jeff

Here is what I ran:

>userID(server1: /fisc/gnu/bin): /fisc/gnu/bin/scp -p /home/userID/test.txt userID@server2:/home/userID/test.txt

And this is what was returned:

>ksh: scp: not found
lost connection

Any help on why it is not found would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jeff

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Machols — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:14:26 GMT

Jeff,

If that "lost connection" message is showing, thats an error from scp so you are running it, there is some other error. Is that part of the error or something else you included?

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Roger Baptiste — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:16:14 GMT

hi,

To get more info on what is exactly occuring use the
-v switch for the verbose option.
#scp -v

***

Next, to find out what binary it is using do
#what scp

I think the problem is at the server2 end. The verbose option will catch it.

HTh
raj

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Daigle — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:18:21 GMT

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Uday_S_Ankolekar — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:20:46 GMT

Hi,

If you are using secure shell (ssh ) then you can use scp.

Have a look at this link

http://www.openssh.com/
-USA..

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Roger Baptiste — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:21:47 GMT

hi,

Here is a sample example:
***
#scp2 -v /tmp/taj orv:/home/rmannar/taj
warning: Development-time debugging not compiled in.
warning: To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile.
Development-time debugging not compiled in.
To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile.
debug: hostname is 'orv'.
debug: Unable to open /home/rman/.ssh2/ssh2_config
Development-time debugging not compiled in.
To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile.
debug: connecting to orv...
debug: entering event loop
debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating transport protocol
debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating userauth protocol
debug: ssh_blob_read: file /home/rman/.ssh2/hostkeys/key_22_orv.pub does not exist.
Accepting host orv key without checking.
debug: Host key saved to /home/rman/.ssh2/hostkeys/key_22_orv.pub
debug: host key for orv, accepted by rman Mon Dec 10 15:20:00 2001
debug: Host key found from the database.
rman@orv's password:
debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:306: client_authenticated
debug: DISPLAY not set; X11 forwarding disabled.
Transfering /tmp/taj -> orv:/home/rman/taj (1k)
|.........................................................................................................................|
168 bytes transferred in 0.06 seconds [2.67 kb/sec].
debug: ssh_pipe_stream_destroy
pega@/usr/local/bin>debug: session_close
debug: destroying client struct...
debug: uninitializing event loop
#
*****

the ssh2 server must be running on the remote system!

HTH
raj

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Machols — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:30:41 GMT

Jeff,

are you sure the command you are running is the actual scp command and a script using ssh and calling scp in it? The debug looks a little more like the ssh than the scp command (but I just may be on an older version)

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Daigle — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:38:22 GMT

Thanks Jeff. Yes, I am running the scp command, which is set up in /fisc/gnu/bin/

ssh is also in the same directory.

I ran it with verbose as displayed above. RajMan included the above debug example.

I don't know why I keep getting ksh: scp: not found. I am running the commmand with the full path to that scp command.

Thanks again, Jeff

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Roger Baptiste — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:51:29 GMT

hi,

what's the output of
#what scp ??

Is the directory of scp binary in your PATH ??

-raj

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Machols — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:54:41 GMT

Try putting /fisc/gnu/bin in your $PATH env.

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

John Payne_2 — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:59:21 GMT

If you already have the directory for the scp executable in your PATH, have you verified that the directory that it is contained in is executable by you? ie. You are in sys group as yourself, and permissions on directory are rwxr--r--? or something to that effect?

John

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Craig Rants — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:59:32 GMT

Jeff,
This error is telling you that your remote host cannot find scp, not the host that you are one. I don't know if this was pointed out in previous reply's. 100 Bucks says if you link ../bin/scp to /usr/sbin/scp then your copy will work. Of course that is not the recommended course of action, just a quick test. You will want to make sure that scp is in the path of the remote use.

GL,
C

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Daigle — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:03:51 GMT

RajMan, the output of

#what scp was...

$ what scp
scp:

Here is my PATH
(swift_fmtc: /home/myuserID): echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/home/myuserID/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:.:/usr/loc
al/bin:/usr/local/etc:/swift1/softw/BSS/bin/AIX:/swft/softw/common/bin/AIX:/usr/sbin

Do I need to the directory of scp binary in my PATH?

Thanks much! Jeff

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Uday_S_Ankolekar — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:07:00 GMT

Hi,

Copy scp binary files in your $PATH.

-USA..

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Roger Baptiste — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:19:00 GMT

oops, it has to be
#which scp

(and not what).

The point is the location of your scp binary should be in the PATH variable:
so do
echo $PATH and check whether
/fisc/gnu/bin is present,
if not add it:
**
PATH=$PATH:/fisc/gnu/bin
export PATH
**

and then retry the scp command.

HTH
raj

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Daigle — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:42:53 GMT

Thanks everybody. I just added the directory to my PATH. Now it is...

>echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/home/myuserID/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:.:/usr/loc
al/bin:/usr/local/etc:/fisc/gnu/bin:/swift1/softw/BSS/bin/AIX:/swift1/softw/common/bin/AIX:/usr/sbin

So, now it includes /fisc/gnu/bin and when I run it I get...

>ksh: scp: not found
lost connection

Somewhere, it is not finding the scp command- right? Since it is in my PATH (on both servers), I would think it would find it.

Thank you very much. Jeff

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Roger Baptiste — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:47:14 GMT

hi,

is ssh working fine??
(leaving aside scp for the moment). Did it work fine before this error?

I am beginning to suspect this could be a ssh installation error.

Another suspect is the ssh version. There are two versions, version1 and version2 and they are incompatible. So, do you have the same version (binaries)
on both the systems?

Can you try ssh and see whether it works?
ssh -v userid@server2

HTH
raj

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Daigle — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:49:34 GMT

Thanks for the help everyone!

John, this is the permissions info on those directories:

drwxr-sr-x 5 root system 512 Nov 28 17:46 fisc

drwxr-sr-x 5 root system 512 Nov 28 17:46 gnu

drwxr-sr-x 2 root system 512 Dec 7 09:59 bin

And here is the info on the scp itself:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 61362 Nov 28 17:46 scp

I'm not sure what the "s" means in the 7th permission spot of the fisc, gnu and bin directories. Could this not allow me to execute it? If so, would that still give me the "ksh: scp: not found" error?

Thanks so much.

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Jeff Daigle — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:51:10 GMT

Hi RajMan,

I am able to ssh without any problem. I have ssh'ed from server1 to server2 and visa versa.

Thanks.

Re: Can't get system to "find" scp command

Roger Baptiste — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:59:33 GMT

hi,

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The file size seems much lesser than what i have on my system (which uses scp version 2).
The size of the file is:
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 606976 Oct 4 1999 scp2

Other useful info:
#file scp2
scp2: PA-RISC2.0 shared executable dynamically linked -not stripped
#>what /usr/local/bin/scp2
/usr/local/bin/scp2:
HP92453-02A.11.00 HP-UX SYMBOLIC DEBUGGER (END.O ILP32) $Revision: 75.02 $
**

Is the scp file you have
a binary or is it a wrapper which is calling the actual
scp binary??? I am beginning to suspect that is the case.

Run "file" and "what" commands
on the *full* path of the scp binary and check the output.

HTH
raj