Thanks List members, especially Lutz Jaenicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who provided a solution. Original Question, abbreviated. > I can scp to one system successfully, but > get the following error with the other host. > > scp localfile remotehost:/var/tmp > scp: select: Bad file number > lost connection > Solution, abbreviated. > If you cannot make the default PATH working (which would be unfortunate), > you could at least create a symlink to /usr/local/openssh/bin/scp (or > whereever your scp binary resides) from /usr/bin/scp to solve your problem. Thanks again, jwf John W. Funk, P.Eng voice: 905-829-5028 CAD/CAM & Unix Consultants Inc. fax: 905-829-0517 P.O. Box 61024, Maple Grove P.O. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 7P5 web: www.ccuc.com
