Bug 51827 – scp will not copy files over 2GB

Bug 51827 - scp will not copy files over 2GB

Summary:	scp will not copy files over 2GB

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	openssh (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
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Reported:	2001-08-15 12:46 EDT by Cormack, Justin
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:38 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-08-15 12:46:35 EDT
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Description Cormack, Justin 2001-08-15 12:46:31 EDT

Description of Problem:

scp will not copy files over 2GB
stops with error:

Value too large for defined data type


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Steps to Reproduce:
1. make file over 2GB
2. try to copy it with scp
3. 
Actual Results:

Value too large for defined data type



Expected Results:

copy file

Additional Information:
	

Presumably just needs recompiling with 64bit files.
There are probably other programs that do too...

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-09-06 08:49:16 EDT

The proper flag wasn't being set, and there was a slight problem in the scp
server which prevented it from properly reporting the size of a large file to
the client, which should both be fixed in 2.9p2-7 and later.  Thanks!

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