openssh bugs - Sep 2007 - [Bug 1362] New: Scp should not follow links

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1362

           Summary: Scp should not follow links
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 4.7p1
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: scp
        AssignedTo: bitbucket at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: sdsd at latinsud.com


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


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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX
                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org




--- Comment #1 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2007-12-21
12:30:08 ---
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.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED                      




--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2008-04-04
10:00:52 ---
Close resolved bugs after release.

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