scp host1:file1 host2:file2 -> Permission denied??????

[Daniel Tourde]

Hello,


I have a stupid problem with scp and I can't find where it comes from. I 
am running 3 machines here with RedHat 7.3, RedHat 8 and RedHat 9. The 3 
of them have openssh-3.7.1p2 (built from the SRPMS found on the openssh 
web site).

I have though a problem to run a command of the type 'scp host1:file1 
host2:file2' (my ssh being correctly setup):

[ted at papeete ~]$ scp papeete.foi.se:~/nils_holgersson_airline.jpg 
cherbourg.foi.se:~
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
lost connection

when the following works perfectly...

[ted at papeete ~]$ scp ~/nils_holgersson_airline.jpg cherbourg.foi.se:~
nils_holgersson_airline.jpg 
   100% 4813     0.0KB/s   00:00


the following works flawlessly as well:
[ted at papeete ~]$ ssh papeete.foi.se
[ted at papeete ~]$

[ted at papeete ~]$ ssh papeete
[ted at papeete ~]$

[ted at papeete ~]$ ssh cherbourg.foi.se
[ted at cherbourg ~]$

[ted at papeete ~]$ ssh cherbourg
[ted at cherbourg ~]$


The /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config have not been modified. 
They are exactly the ones obtained from the compilation of the SRPMS. 
So, I am clueless about the reason of this stupid problem. Needless to 
say that for an application using 'scp' heavily I need a working 'scp 
host1:file1 host2:file2'

Has anyone any idea?



		Daniel Tourde


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