On 12/20/2010 09:43 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 12/20/2010 04:17 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi, having a scp problem with IPV6:
>
> I want to copy a local file to a remote server without DNS entry via the
> server IPV6 address
> (for example "scp file 2001:638:208:ef45:0:ff:fe00:65:)
>
> Syntactical Problem: The first server part (2001) is interpreted as
> target host name, the rest as filename, and that produces problems.
>
> I only can solve this problem by making an /etc/hosts entry like
>
> 2001:638:208:ef45:0:ff:fe00:65 server
>
> and using "server" instead of the IPV6 address.
>
> Any other solution?
>
> NB: ssh to that IVP6 address runs flawlessly.
I don't currently have IPv6 systems configured.... But, have you tried
the inelegant solution \[2001:638:208:ef45:0:ff:fe00:65\] ?
Hi Ed,
helps. But where is this documented? I found nothing when using "man
scp" or "info scp".
Kind regards and thank you.
Joachim Backes
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