sftp-server failing to rename a file

[Christian Recktenwald]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:55:30AM +1100, Darren Tucker wrote:
> Christian Recktenwald wrote:
> [...]
> >So, the sftp "rename" command refuses to rename a file
> >to an existing one.
> 
> This behaviour is mandated by the version of the filexfer draft that 
> OpenSSH implements [1].  About SSH_FXP_RENAME, section 6.5 says:
> 
>   "It is an error if there already exists a file
>    with the name specified by newpath."

Yeah sure. But it would be of great benefit to change this.
And as it is an (outdated) draft, you may take this as a 
suggestion to change it also :-)

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Christian Recktenwald               | elwood sys adm
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