SCP instead of SFTP

[Heinrich Piard]

Hi all,

I am using this ansible.cfg

[defaults]

host_key_checking=false

ansible_user=ich

ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/mylocation/key

remote_user = root

transport=smart

[ssh_connection]

scp_if_ssh=True

When I tail /var/log/secure on the remote machine I see the login attempt but it is trying sftp instead of scp.

Jan 25 09:52:36 hostx sshd[7164]: Accepted publickey for root from 10.10.10.10 port 58673 ssh2                                                                                                                                                   

Jan 25 09:52:36 hostx sshd[7164]: subsystem request for sftp                                                                                                                                                                                     

Jan 25 09:52:36 hostx sshd[7164]: subsystem request for sftp failed, subsystem not found  

Anything I am missing?

[Brian Coca]

a lot of information .... can you show the command ansible runs with
-vvvv? what versions of ansible/python/OS? what is minimal way to
reproduce the issue?

FYI, 'smart' means ansible will use ssh if it deems it can, otherwise
it can fallback to paramiko which does not respect the setting.

--
Brian Coca

[Heinrich Piard]

Using the following ansible/python/OS:

Python 2.7.9

ansible 2.0.0.2

OS Debian 7.8