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Re: scp and sftp commands not working on cygwin installed server
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:10:27 -0700
- Subject: Re: scp and sftp commands not working on cygwin installed server
- References: <613006.95877.qm@web83609.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Sam Snitman wrote:
> I am trying to use command line scp and sftp on a
> Windows NT 5.2 server that has cygwin installed. When
> I enter the ?scp? command or the 'sftp' command, it
> gives me the usage as if they are installed, however,
> when I try to connect to a remote server using the
> command ?scp filename1 userid@hostname:filename2?, it
> returns the message:
>
> /usr/bin/ssh: No such file or directory
> lost connection
Those commands require a working ssh client to function. They are not
standalone.
> Same for sftp command. I can find scp.exe and
> sftp.exe in D:\cygwin\bin. Can anyone give me some
> direction on how to trouble-shoot this? I have
> attached the results of cygcheck -v -s -r.
Your cygcheck output shows that you have d:\cygwin\bin in the PATH,
however all of your mounts point to d:\cygwin2. That's definitely not
right.
Brian
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