I've been attempting to do a largish transfer between two computers using ssh on my local LAN. On the sending side (ssh client), it keeps prompting for my password on what appears to be 64GB boundaries. This makes it hard to do unattended transfer. I've never encountered this before. I wonder if has something to do with RekeyLimit?
I can probably work around the problem and do what I want to do in a different way, but I had never encountered this behavior before.
I can probably work around the problem and do what I want to do in a different way, but I had never encountered this behavior before.
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I'll have to keep bittorrent in mind. In this particular case, that is not an option. I'm trying to image a disk device from a system with limited tools available, and I cannot install more. Since ssh is giving me a hassle, I will next see if netcat is available and try the transfer that way. If that doesn't work, then disassembly may be necessary. I was trying to avoid that.
@Charles ☕ Stanhope Are you using an ssh key with ssh-agent? I would think that would handle this automatically..
No ssh-agent on the client, and no public key authentication (I'm not sure I'd be able to install keys on the client). My primary goal is the disk image, but because I'm a curious person, if I have time, I'll try to figure out for sure what is causing the password prompt at 64GB boundaries.
Yes! Netcat to the rescue! (After enabling the port in the firewall on the receiving end. (Why does everything have to be so complicated?)) I even get a nice transfer rate indicator by piping the input through pv.
Modern technology truly is amazing. It is the cause of and solution to so many of my problems...
Modern technology truly is amazing. It is the cause of and solution to so many of my problems...
Charles Stanhope at 2016-09-20T03:24:39Z
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