scp user at host1 user at host2 broken?

[Markus Friedl]

On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 07:14:24PM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is it just me or is 'scp user at host1 user at host2' broken (if the server asks
> you for the password)?

yes it is.
it's just an 'alias' for
	ssh user at host1 'scp FILE user at host2'
(this works only if the scp does not need a tty, e.g.
if agent-fwd is used).

perhaps it should do
	ssh -t user at host1 'scp FILE user at host2'
but perhaps i'm wrong.

> 1) [password required]
> 
> >From OpenSSH 2.5.1p1 -> OpenSSH 2.5.1p1 -> OpenSSH 2.3.0, I get like:
> 
> > scp pekkas at xxx:~/*.patch psavola at yyy:~/temp/
>  psavola at xxx's password:
>  You have no controlling tty.  Cannot read passphrase.
>  lost connection

as expected.

-markus