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Old 06-24-2011
Unable to copy file using SCP (Input/output & Permission denied error)
Hi,


I am facing issue while using scp. Source & target machines are Linux & HP-UX respectively.

On target machine, if I fire the following command, I get error:
Quote:
bash-2.05# scp jim@source:/builds/20110622/trunk/hpux/abc.jar .
jim@source's password:
abc.jar 100% 33MB 8.2MB/s 10.2MB/s 00:04
 scp: /builds/20110622/trunk/hpux/abc.jar: Input/output error

Now if I try scp on another file, which is on the same source machine, it works fine.
Quote:
bash-2.05# scp jim@source:/builds/20110622/trunk/linux/xyz.jar .
jim@source's password:
xyz.jar 100% 15MB 7.5MB/s 8.4MB/s 00:02
bash-2.05#
All directories and subdirectories for both the source files have same permissions. Even the source files themselves have identical permissions set. The target location is also the same. Still, I am getting error for one file, and not for the other.

 One thing to be noted is that the error description changes after I get the above input/output error. On second (and further attempts) unsuccessful try, I get the following error message:
Quote:
bash-2.05# scp jim@source:/builds/20110622/trunk/hpux/abc.jar .
jim@source's password:
abc.jar 100% 33MB 8.2MB/s 10.2MB/s 00:04
scp: /builds/20110622/trunk/hpux/abc.jar: Permission denied
Another thing to be noted is that this copy operation was working fine few days back. Suddenly, the user has started getting this error. I understand that something might have changed but I am really finding it hard to figure that out.

 Also, both the source files get copied successfully when I use scp with some other user's credential.

 Any help would really be appreciated.


 Thanks,
Gaurav
# 2  
Old 06-24-2011
If you are overwriting an existing file on the remote box, check ownership of the file.
Be sure the user on the remote side has rights to overwrite the file.

Logon there as the remote user to check. Do not just assume.
# 3  
Old 06-28-2011
Thanks for your reply.

I am not overwriting the file on the remote server. Error comes up even when it's copying the file for the first time.
 
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