[svlug] Can't rcp between machines

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:39:45 -0700, Skip Evans wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> I'm trying to rcp directories (web sites actually) 
> between two machines with the following command:
> 
> rcp -r 192.168.0.101:/usr/home/bp/public_html/* .
> 
> I've seen dozens of examples just like this on 
> various web pages, and I'm certain that all IP 
> addresses and directories are correct, pinged 
> between both machines to make sure the connection 
> is good, and even ssh'd from the destination 
> machine to the target server, but I still get:
> 
> %rcp -r 192.168.0.101:/usr/home/bp/public_html/* .
> rcp: No match.
> 
> 
> I know the correct files are in the source 
> directory, the permissions are correct.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Unless you have some obscure special reason to use rcp, the obvious
suggestion is: Don't. You will likely have an sshd running on at least one
of the two machines involved, so why bother with trying to figure out what
you would need for rcp to work when you could just use scp?