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scp exec request failed on channel 0

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Mar 15, 202623824 views
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Problem

I am trying to SCP files from one computer to another however I get exec request failed on channel 0". When I use SSH however, I can get to the machine with no problems. I am using the SCP function in Cygwin if that helps. What I found when searching online talked about the ".bashrc" file however t…

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scp /filelocation/file user@hostname:/folderlocation

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Fix for: scp exec request failed on channel 0

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This happened to me when trying to send some files to my Synology NAS. Running worked. The option uses the legacy SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol.

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