openssh unix dev - Feb 2003 - No -b (bind) with SCP?

In man ssh:

     -b bind_address
             Specify the interface to transmit from on machines with 
multiple
             interfaces or aliased addresses.

For ssh, but also looked in SCP manpage, didn't find anything, anyone 
know if this option will be supported in future versions of OpenSSH?

$ scp -b
scp: illegal option -- b
usage: scp [-pqrvBC46] [-F config] [-S program] [-P port]
           [-c cipher] [-i identity] [-o option]
           [[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2
$

I have two IP's, one goes out cable, another DSL, ssh -b works fine for 
binding to either, but I would like to bind to a specific IP when I do 
SCP transfers.

Hi jpiszcz,
> I have two IP's, one goes out cable, another DSL, ssh -b works fine for
> binding to either, but I would like to bind to a specific IP when I do 
> SCP transfers.
try -oBindAddress=YOUR_IPADDRESS. The options you can pass to ssh are
documented in ssh-config(5), those are the same ones that you can write
in your .ssh/config (or /etc/ssh_config).

	Chris


Bind to the correct ip (not useful, I have only one on this machine)...

emil:chris$ scp -oBindAddress=192.168.1.19 sec.txt obelix:delme.txt
sec.txt              100% |*****************************| 25510       00:00

...but you will get an error when you try to bind to the wrong one...

emil:chris$ scp -oBindAddress=192.168.1.20 sec.txt obelix:delme.txt
bind: 192.168.1.20: Cannot assign requested address


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