data loss with ssh -n

[Markus Friedl]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:39:46PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Pekka Savola wrote:
> > So, with SSH1 (tried all combinations of -, -t, -n, -t -n):
> >
> >  When run as user, problem _appears to_ exist only if:
> >   1) -n
> >
> >  When run from cron, problem _appears to_ exist always except if:
> >   1) -t
> >
> > (I wouldn't call the tests scientific, but should give the idea)
> >
> > So there's a hack of using '-t' as a workaround; it works with both.
> 
> It's good that I didn't say scientific, as I can't get "ssh -t in cron"
> workaround to work anymore.. :-/

ssh -t host cat file > other

does not generate 8bit client transfers, since a tty is involved