Re: does scp take windows type: domain\username@ip ?

[Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, BeemerBiker wrote:

> Running that cygwin sshd under XP, I can get scp to copy to my local PC
> from a Linux box just fine for local users like admin
>
> scp test.sh Administrator@myIP
>
> the above works fine and puts test.sh into /cygwin/home/Administrator
>
> I cant seem to get scp to work for authenticated users from a domain eg:
>
> If I try myDomain\myUsername@myIP the \ is stripped off and the copy fails
> as shown below
>  (swri16\jstateson)
>
> Bringing up the Event Viewer I read where sshd reports
> Failed password for invalid user swri16jstateson from 129.162.164.124 port
> 2002 ssh2
>
> if I try two backslashes \\ the following error:
>
> Failed password for invalid user swri16\\jstateson from 129.162.164.124 port
> 2033 ssh2
>
> a forward slash is no better
>
> So is it possible to use a micro$oft type domain\username when copying
> from a linux box not on the domain to a windows PC on the domain?

No, but you can run "mkpasswd -d" on the windows box and use the username
without the domain specifier (or edit /etc/passwd to give the user any
name you wish).
	Igor
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