[OpenAFS] WinSCP onto debian server/openafs storage errors...

[Douglas E. Engert]

Have you tried the WinSCP KeepAlive options? This may not help,
as the problem maybe the server can not respond while waiting for
the write to AFS, but it is very easy to try.

I also see you are using a password to login. WinSCP uses PuTTY
that can uses GSSAPI. To bad the version of GSSAPI mods used by
WinSCP does not do delegation and thus can't get an AFS token.
There GSSPAI mods that do. I wish there was a way to
convince the PuTTY developer to add GSSAPI to the base product...


Lars Schimmer wrote:
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> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>> Lars Schimmer wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> We=B4ve got some win2003 servers which should NOT be equipped with Op=
enAFS
>>> client.
>>> From this server some files (100MB-15GB size) should be saved in Open=
AFS.
>>> Right now we tried to SCP the files via winscp script from the server
>>> into a debian sarge server with openafs 1.4.2-6 on afs-space.
>>> (yes, special user with home in OpenAFS and 100GB quota and token via
>>> ssh login/scp).
>>>
>>> This method works sometimes, sometimes not. The connections breaks do=
wn
>>> nearly everytime while transferring bigger files.=20
>> Why is the connection failing?
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> Some more tests.
> 1. WinSCP direct onto local HD of debian sarge system - no error at all=
,
> 100% in 1 try
> 2. WinSCP onto debian sarge into openafs space - round about 7% of 8 GB
> went through, error, retry & resume - most times 100% of file went into
> AFS space after x retries - OpenAFS 1.4.2
> 3. Like point 2, but Debian sid amd64 system, OpenAFS 1.4.4 and it
> doesn=B4t resume, restart every retry at 0% - went on forever....
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> Error messages from trying out no. 3 (same errors like on no.2):
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>> Using username "hwbuser".
>> Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
>> Authenticating with pre-entered password.
>> Authenticated.
>> Starting the session...
>> Reading remote directory...
>> Session started.
>> Active session: [1] hwbuser@tetris.cgv.tugraz.at
>> backup_MCP1_2007-05-15_15 |    1332251 kB | 2775,7 kB/s | binary |  15=
%
>> Host has not answered for 15 seconds.
>> Wait for another 15 seconds? Pressing 'Abort' button will close
>> session.
>> (A)bort, (R)etry: Abort
>> backup_MCP1_2007-05-15_15 |    1333334 kB | 2691,9 kB/s | binary |  15=
%
>> Initialisation...
>> Searching for host...
>> Connecting to host...
>> Authenticating...
>> Using username "hwbuser".
>> Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
>> Authenticating with pre-entered password.
>> Authenticated.
>> Starting the session...
>> Reading remote directory...
>> Session started.
>> backup_MCP1_2007-05-15_15 |          0 kB |    0,0 kB/s | binary |   0=
%
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> MfG,
> Lars Schimmer
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  Douglas E. Engert  <DEEngert@anl.gov>
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