Hello, I just installed your distro, and really like it! Thank you!
The version is:
5.9 Standard GOLD built on Dec-16-07 on Linux 2.6.22.14
Now, I was having issues using 'scp' to copy files TO the Vector Linux box. I could scp files FROM the Vector Linux box just fine.
It seems like I have found the solution, as well. In the OpenSSH faq, located here:
http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#2.9, I see that:
sftp and/or scp may fail at connection time if you have shell initialization (.profile, .bashrc, .cshrc, etc) which produces output for non-interactive sessions. This output confuses the sftp/scp client. You can verify if your shell is doing this by executing:
ssh yourhost /usr/bin/true
If the above command produces any output, then you need to modify your shell initialization.
So, I editted my /etc/profile.d/vasm.sh file. I simply took out everything that produced output that I could find. I ended up with this:
(vasm.orig is the file that shipped with the distro, vasm is the file AFTER the edits):
nocona:/~
rlw:$ diff /etc/profile.d/vasm.sh /etc/profile.d/vasm.sh.orig
34a35,74
> if [ "$UID" = 0 ]; then
> echoc "You are working as root" red
> export CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mcpu=i686"
> export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mcpu=i686"
> export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
> if [ -z "$USER" ] || [ "$USER" != "root" ]; then
> UHOME=`egrep "^$USER:" /etc/passwd | cut -f6 -d:`
> if [ -f $UHOME/.Xauthority ]; then
> # echo "Enabling X-Window $UHOME/.Xauthority"
> cp $UHOME/.Xauthority /root
> fi
> fi
> echoc "Frequently used programs:" cyan
> echo "Configuration : vasm"
> echo "Package manager: slapt-get, pkg"
> echo "Network tools : ifconfig, host, ping, nmap, iptables"
> else
> echoc "You are working as $USER" green
> echoc "Frequently used programs:" cyan
> echo "Configuration : vasm"
>
> ## If the user has has a unique group (Redhat system)
> ## set the umask 002 to allows owner and group writable.
> if grep -qe "^$USER:" /etc/group &>/dev/null; then
> umask=002
> fi
> fi
>
> echo "File manager : mc (press F2 for useful menu)"
> echo "Editor : mcedit, nano, vi"
> echo "Multimedia : alsamixer, play"
>
> if [ -z "`skill -n X`" ]; then
> which startx &>/dev/null && echo "Default X : startx"
> #which starticewm &>/dev/null && echo "IceWM : starticewm, starticewm-desk, starticewm-sound"
> #which startfluxbox &>/dev/null && echo "Fluxbox : startfluxbox, startfluxbox-desk"
> which startxfce4 &>/dev/null && echo "XFCE4 : startxfce4"
> #which startkde &>/dev/null && echo "KDE : startkde"
> fi
>
In any event, scp now works fine for me.
If there are any other users who are as new to this as I am, and are having trouble with scp -ing files TO their Vector Linux box, perhaps this will also help them.
Regards,
Robert
