scp to embedded system running dropbear yields results in zero length files

[Matt Johnston]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 09:29:38PM -0700, Steve Sakoman wrote:
> I am one of the early users of the OpenEmbedded Linux build for gumstix (
> 2.6.21 kernel, uclibc).
> 
> The build image includes dropbear 0.49, and it seems to work fine in most
> cases.  I am able to login to the gumstix remotely via ssh.  I am able to
> use ssh on the gumstix to log into my linux box. I am also able to use scp
> on the gumstix to copy files to my linux box.
> 
> However using scp to copy files from the  Linux box to the gumstix doesn't
> quite work.   The copied file appears on the gumstix in the proper location,
> but it always has zero length!
> 
> Any ideas on what might be wrong?

I'll see if I can reproduce it here. Just to clarify, were
you running scp on the gumstix or the Linux box when it
failed? (whether it's a dbclient or dropbear-server problem)

Cheers,
Matt