Very Computer

rcp f1 remote:f1 # works fine
rcp f2 remote:f2 # works fine
rcp f3 remote:f3
gives rcp: lost connection

Plenty of disk space everywhere, these are small 5MB files.

I renamed it, copied it to another name, still no go.

Tried ftp, same result. netout: tcp/ip or something error

Is it possible that the contents of the file are somehow interfering
with the rcp/ftp protocol?

Never seen this before

Comments? Thanks

I saw some Really Weird Stuff with rcp under 2.5 or 2.6. There was a
patch... sorry I can't remember more than that. That doesn't explain your
FTP problem though.

Quote:> rcp f1 remote:f1 # works fine
> rcp f2 remote:f2 # works fine
> rcp f3 remote:f3
> gives rcp: lost connection

What OSes?  I've seen this before in either Solaris 2.5.1 or 2.6, and it
was fixed in a patch. If you're back on an old OS then make sure you're
patched to date.

Otherwise, what is the network between the two machines? Any
firewalls/IDS/etc which might be screwing with things?

Quote:> Is it possible that the contents of the file are somehow interfering
> with the rcp/ftp protocol?

With the protocol? No.  With the implementation of the protocol (ie, a
bug), it's certainly possible, but if you're running Solaris at both ends
then it's unlikely unless you're running an old version of something
somewhere...

  Scott

Solaris 8 on both ends

Quote:> Otherwise, what is the network between the two machines? Any
> firewalls/IDS/etc which might be screwing with things?

VPN-based WAN network. Firewall, router, etc sure, the usual network
stuff. Dont know why that would interfere with just one specific file!

Quote:> With the protocol? No.  With the implementation of the protocol (ie, a
> bug), it's certainly possible, but if you're running Solaris at both ends
> then it's unlikely unless you're running an old version of something
> somewhere...

Nope.

Strangely enough, when I compress/gzip the file, it copies fine!

So, it does seem like some specific sequence of bytes in the file is
causing both the rcp and ftp to barf?! I have *never* seen anything like
this!

Thanks

<OT: The Power of Bytes>

Try this one for freaky: some while back, I was
cut'n'pasting from a harmless website (Sun, actually) into a
vi session zlogin'd into an S10 Zone. When I did the paste
operation, part of the cut text would go into the vi
session, but then something in the text would abort the vi,
abort the zlogin session, and cause the remaining text from
the paste operation to be interpreted by the shell in my
session in the Global Zone; giving loads of shell errors.. I
could never pin it down, as the effects were slightly
different each time, but eventually, I had to cut'n'paste
into an ed session in the running Zone instead. I know there
are obvious workarounds, but its just the way it happened.
Confoozed I certainly was.

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