(Excume for my poor english) Hi! I'm having a problem with scp since I installed openssh 3.1p1. Server: Openssh 3.1p1 Client: Openssh ANY_VERSION $ scp -v -v -v -v -v -p -C user at machine1:/etc/passwd ./machine1.passwd Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host machine1, user user, command scp -v -p -f /etc/passwd Sending file modes: C0644 473 passwd 473 bytes... it's ok $ scp -v -v -v -v -v -p -C user at machine2:/etc/passwd ./machine2.passwd Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host machine2, user user, command scp -v -p -f /etc/passwd Sending file modes: C0644 17592186044416 passwd 17592186044416 bytes... oh my god! The size of files on "machine2" always is "17592186044416" ?? ciao. -- Manuel Carde?as <mcardenas at ya.com> aka manu --