Protocol error's with 2.1.0p2

[A.L.]

	I'm getting "Protocol errors" when trying to scp files from my
laptop to my desktop (only when trying to scp root at laptop:/path/file, not
vis-vis).  See screen dump's at end of e-mail for exact details.  The most
confusing thing about this problem (to me anyway), is that this is a
one-way problem.  I can log into the laptop and scp files down from the
desktop no problems.

	System software spec's.

Desktop: RedHat 6.2, fairly vanilla - 2.2.15 kernel compiled with fairly
		standard options, extra packages and such, but no real
		"changes" per-se as far as packages, just additions.

Laptop:  	RedHat 6.2, very vanilla - stock kernel, a few extra packages,
			and not much else.

OpenSSL version: 0.9.5a
OpenSSH version: 2.1.0p2 

	Both packages were built from SRPM's on the desktop machine.  I
have also gone through and verified that all lib's and versions reported
by ldd /usr/bin/scp and ldd /usr/sbin/sshd are identical.  Config files on
both boxes match as far as options, and with the desktop, and I have no
problem scp'ing with any other box I use openssh to communicate with
(although they are mostly openssh-1.2.x flavor's), this is isolated to
scp'ing with the laptop.

	I've also stripped openssh from both boxen completely (even rpm
-Rf ~/.ssh), and re-installed, to no avail.

	Anyway, long and short of explanations above, I have some small
amount of clue, and have done as much homework on trying to figure this
out as I know how to do.  Obviously I don't know everything, or I'd have
this working by now though. :)

	Screen dump's of debug output below:


[root at desktop] [~]# scp root at 10.10.10.220:/etc/inetd.conf .
root at 10.10.10.220's password: 
protocol error: unexpected <newline>
Connection to 10.10.10.220 closed by remote host.
[root at desktop] [~]# 

# dump below was generated by scp -v root at 10.10.10.220:/etc/inetd.conf 2>
ssh.debug
Executing: host 10.10.10.220, user root, command scp -v -f /etc/inetd.conf
SSH Version OpenSSH-2.1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.
Compiled with SSL (0x0090581f).
debug: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug: Applying options for *
debug: Seeding random number generator
debug: ssh_connect: getuid 0 geteuid 0 anon 0
debug: Connecting to 10.10.10.220 [10.10.10.220] port 22.
debug: Seeding random number generator
debug: Allocated local port 767.
debug: Connection established.
debug: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH-2.1
Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH-2.1
debug: Sending KEX init.
debug: done
debug: got kexinit string: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
debug: got kexinit string: ssh-dss
debug: got kexinit string: 3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,arcfour,cast128-cbc
debug: got kexinit string: 3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,arcfour,cast128-cbc
debug: got kexinit string: hmac-sha1,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160 at openssh.com
debug: got kexinit string: hmac-sha1,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160 at openssh.com
debug: got kexinit string: zlib,none
debug: got kexinit string: zlib,none
debug: got kexinit string: 
debug: got kexinit string: 
debug: first kex follow == 0
debug: reserved == 0
debug: done read kexinit
debug: kex: server->client blowfish-cbc hmac-sha1 none
debug: kex: client->server blowfish-cbc hmac-sha1 none
debug: Sending SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_INIT.
debug: bits set: 516/1024
debug: Wait SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY.
debug: Got SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY.
debug: keytype ssh-dss
debug: keytype ssh-dss
debug: Host '10.10.10.220' is known and matches the DSA host key.
debug: bits set: 520/1024
debug: len 55 datafellows 0
debug: dsa_verify: signature correct
debug: Wait SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS.
debug: GOT SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS.
debug: send SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS.
debug: done: send SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS.
debug: done: KEX2.
debug: send SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST
debug: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug: got SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT
debug: authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug: key does not exist: /root/.ssh/id_dsa
debug: ssh-userauth2 successfull
debug: fd 7 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug: fd 8 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug: fd 9 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug: send channel open 0
debug: Entering interactive session.
debug: callback start
debug: client_init id 0 arg 0
debug: Sending command: scp -v -f /etc/inetd.conf
debug: client_set_session_ident: id 0
debug: callback done
debug: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug: channel 0: rcvd adjust 16384
debug: channel 0: send data len 1
protocol error: unexpected <newline>
debug: channel 0: send data len 43
debug: channel 0: read<=0 rfd 7 len 0
debug: channel 0: read failed
debug: channel 0: input open -> drain
debug: channel 0: close_read
debug: channel 0: input: no drain shortcut
debug: channel 0: ibuf empty
debug: channel 0: input drain -> closed
debug: channel 0: send eof
debug: channel 0: write failed
debug: channel 0: output open -> closed
debug: channel 0: close_write
debug: channel 0: send close
debug: channel 0: rcvd close
debug: channel 0: full closed2
debug: channel_free: channel 0: status: The following connections are open:
  #0 client-session (t4 r0 i8/0 o128/0 fd -1/-1)

Connection to 10.10.10.220 closed by remote host.
debug: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 51 bytes in 0.1 seconds
debug: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 448.1
debug: Exit status -1


	Anyway, any help is appreciated.  Cheers!

-- 
A.L.Lambert

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