Bug 1466 - Document that scp follows symbolic links
Summary: Document that scp follows symbolic links
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Classification: Unclassified
Component: scp (show other bugs)
Version: 5.0p1
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Assignee: Assigned to nobody
URL:
Keywords:
: 1190 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: V_5_1
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Reported: 2008-05-21 08:20 AEST by nectar
Modified: 2008-07-22 12:22 AEST (History)
2 users (show)

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Description nectar 2008-05-21 08:20:15 AEST 
Created attachment 1505 [details]
example wording 

A user was surprised to find that scp follows symbolic links when copying an entire directory tree.  The man page should mention this.
Comment 1 Damien Miller 2008-06-13 13:49:32 AEST 
*** Bug 1190 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Darren Tucker 2008-06-15 05:43:10 AEST 
Slightly modified version applied and will be in the next release.

Thanks.
Comment 3 Damien Miller 2008-07-22 12:22:35 AEST 
Mass update RESOLVED->CLOSED after release of openssh-5.1