Bug 1362

Summary:	Scp should not follow links
Product:	Portable OpenSSH	Reporter:	Alex <sdsd>
Component:	scp	Assignee:	Assigned to nobody <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	djm
Priority:	P2
Version:	4.7p1
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Linux

Description Alex 2007-09-15 21:37:01 AEST

Scp should not follow links, specially directory links. This can lead to creating loops and copying files several times.

Comment 1 Damien Miller 2007-12-21 12:30:08 AEDT

Unfortunately we cannot change the behaviour of scp. There is no way to extend the protocol it uses in a backwards-compatible manner and we can't change the default behaviour because it would break user's scripts.

I suggest that you look at using tar or rsync over ssh if you want to avoid this.

Comment 2 Damien Miller 2008-04-04 10:00:52 AEDT

Close resolved bugs after release.