> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SCP hangs wile coying large files > > Hello, > > I'm trying to scp a large file (9 gig) from a Sun server, OS > Solaris 8 to a Sun Ultra 5 using OpenSSH_3.7.1. The file > transfer always hangs at or around 3 gig. I know this is an > older version of OpenSSH and this may have been resolved in a > later version. But if there is someone who knows how to > correct this without upgrading, I'd really appreciate your > assistance. I cannot upgrade the servers at this time > because these are production servers. Thanks in advance.
It's almost a sure thing your OpenSSh was compiled without large file support. If you can't upgrade it, your only real option is to somehow use smaller files.
