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Brian_Gibson_30
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Apr 03, 2019

relative addresses not allowed on SCP request

I have a set of lab load balancers running 14.1. Whenever I try to scp a file to or from that box I get an error saying "relative addresses not allowed" Any idea what this is all about? The same SCP works on our 13.X boxes.

 

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  • Hello,

    I am having the problem using version 16.1.2.2 on Viprion "vCMP Guest", when I try drag and drop via "winscp", I recived this same error "relative addresses not allowed".

     

    Workaround: To copy my files using winscp, I use right botton mouse > copy on file and rigth botton mouse  > paste on my "desktop".

     

    I hope that works with you too.

    • John's avatar
      John
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      Thank you for the copy/paste workaround, works perfectly!

  • I know this is old but to help others, here is my workaround.

    Rather than using: "scp file.ucs remoteserver:"

    use the full path to the file you are sending "scp /var/local/ucs/file.ucs remoteserver:"

    Do this even if current working path is in the same directory as the file.

  • Few questions:

     

    • Can you still SSH to the F5 via the IP address on 14.1?
    • Do you still have access to the Bash shell via SSH?
    • How are you authenticating, username/password or ssh key?
  • MarkB's avatar
    MarkB
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    I hit this on a 13.1 box. I expect you found a workaround, but since it's not mentioned here, I'll add mine (for anyone else who searches on this issue)

    You just need to add a path to the SCP command.

    So instead of 'scp afile bigip:' use 'scp afile bigip:~' (for your home directory)

  • This bug is still not fixed? I got the error as well since years, but the copy/paste workaround from jhonny is working! Thx! 🙂