SCP Connection closed error

SCP Connection closed error

Error 1:

Fix:

• Find ~/.bashrc or /etc/bash.bashrc
• Remove any command that displays output, ie, echo, cat, etc

Error 2:

Fix:

• Add -O option into scp:

scp -O -P 2200 n.reed@10.102.69.197:/tmp/sec.txt .

Explained here:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/709613/ssh-working-on-all-devices-but-scp-from-some-devices-gives-connection-closed-e#:~:text=Quick%20version%20(TL%3BDR)

TL:DR - Since OpenSSH 8.8 the scp utility uses the SFTP protocol by default. The -O option must be used to use the legacy SCP protocol.

And in this case, the target is using OpenSSH 8.2: