problem with scp (packet corrupt)

[gvtux]

Hi all!

I have a debian jessie 8.2 (fully updated) vps hosting a website (ipboard). My configuration is nginx/mariadb/php-fpm/postfix.

I need to take daily backups and transfer them with scp to another server I own. My problem is with scp. The command I give is:

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scp -P 20400 file.tar user@domain.com:/home/user

It starts but after some seconds I get the following error:

Received disconnect from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: 2: Packet corrupt
lost connection

where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the target ip address.


At first I thought it was a network error, but after some tests on another vps from the same company with the my debian snapshot (before loading my snapshot scp was 100% ok and now it's not) that I currently use, I am convinced that it's a software issue, maybe a bug or a fault from my side.

I have run scp with -vvv but I don't get any useful info from the logs.

Just to let you know that file.tar is a file of over 3GB of size.

Do you have any idea on what I should try in order to fix it?

Many thanks,

gvtux.

Ps. I also tried with rsync over ssh with the same results.

[peter_irich]

1st, you must point the file but not the directory like destination,
2nd, I never was forced to use "-P port" option. Try

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scp file.tar user@domain.com:file.tar

"/home/user" is not necessary.

Peter.