SFTP client script broken after OpenSSH 2.5.1p1 to 2.5.2p2-1
Davis, Ricardo C.
I have a script that uses the sftp client to transfer a file to another
server using PK authentication. It was working until I upgraded from
OpenSSH 2.5.1p1 to 2.5.2p2-1 yesterday (on a RH Linux 6.2 system). The sftp
command is:
sftp -o "IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_dsa" \
$PUSERNAME@$PSERVER >$TEMPFILE 2>&1 <<-!
cd $PDIR
put $DOC_ARCHIVE
ls
quit
!
Now when I run the script in test mode where it logs into an account on the
same box the script appears to ignore the current directory set by the "cd"
command and will "put" the file in the home directory of PUSERNAME. I
checked to make sure $PDIR was set and it is ... because when I do the "ls"
in sftp it lists the other files already present in the target subdirectory.
When I do a "set -x" before this command, here's what happens:
sftp> sftp> Uploading fci0406a.zip to fci0406a.zip
sftp> drwxrwxr-x 2 pusernam pusernam 4096 Mar 26 15:58 .
drwxr-x--- 5 pusernam acctAdm 4096 Apr 6 11:30 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 pusernam pusernam 76280 Mar 23 17:20 fci0323a.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 pusernam pusernam 38151 Mar 23 17:20 fcd0323a.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 pusernam pusernam 38151 Mar 23 17:20 fcp0323a.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 pusernam pusernam 76280 Mar 26 17:39 fci0326a.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 pusernam pusernam 38151 Mar 26 17:39 fcd0326a.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 pusernam pusernam 38151 Mar 26 17:39 fcp0326a.zip
When I check out the home directory of this account I find the file was
transferred there.
Has this problem been identified (I didn't see it on the errata page) and
fixed? How long before the next release with the fix?
-Ricardo
...going back to 2.5.1p1 :(
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mou...@etoh.eviladmin.org
Hmm.. I can't mimic this under the current CVS version.
sftp localhost <<EOF
cd /tmp
ls
EOF
works fine over here.. When I was testing 2.5.2 w/ the new -b batchfile
mode I was very careful not to break that feature.
Can you try something for me and put a blank line before the 'cd $PDIR'?
- Ben
mou...@etoh.eviladmin.org
$ sftp localhost <<EOF
> cd /tmp
> put canohost.c
> ls
> EOF
Connecting to localhost...
mouring@localhost's password:
sftp> sftp> Uploading canohost.c to /tmp/canohost.c
sftp> drwxrwxrwt 2 root wheel 512 Apr 6 11:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root wheel 512 Mar 16 21:35 ..
-rw------- 1 mouring wheel 0 Apr 4 11:22 ccbe9396.c
-rw------- 1 mouring wheel 0 Apr 4 11:22 ccfp9396.o
-rw------- 1 mouring wheel 0 Apr 4 11:25 ccOY9396.ld
-rw------- 1 mouring wheel 26 Apr 6 11:32 shWob21730
-rw-r--r-- 1 mouring wheel 8686 Apr 6 11:33 canohost.c
sftp>
$
Works perfectly fine. <shrug> Without more information not sure what
to tell you.
sftp localhost <<EOF
put canohost.c /tmp
ls /tmp
EOF
also works under the current CVS.. I believe 2.5.2pX should work the
same way. That way you are avoding the whole 'cd' thing.
You may want to think about using:
sftp hostname -b transferscript.ftp
The nice feature about batchmode is it will quit on errors. So when
any command fails it will stop and not attempt to run the rest of the
script. Where as:
sftp localhost <<EOF
...
EOF
will not.
- Ben
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Davis, Ricardo C. wrote:
> But did you try to "put" a file into /tmp? Did it work?
>
> I will give it a try with the blank line in the here document.
>
>
> -Ricardo
Davis, Ricardo C.
I was able to get the "put <filename> <dirname>" sftp command to work. I'm
somewhat concerned that the server I'm sending this to is a Win2k box and
this command may not work properly in that environment. We shall see...
The -b option is great -- anything to help catch errors is good. Maybe I'll
stay with 2.5.2p2 after all and hope my other problem shakes out in 2.5.3p1.
:)
Thanks again for your help!