Try to force /bin/bash shell on SCP tab of login dialog. Or use SFTP instead.

Please assist! I've loaded WinSCP3.0 on 2 Windows 2000 Prof. machines. I've also loaded bash from cygwin. When I try to log into one from the other, I get the following message. I've included my logging file as well. Thanks for any assistance!

Error: "Error skipping startup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with the application (Bash is recommended).

Log File:

. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. WinSCP Version 3.0.0 (Build 159)
. Login time: Monday, July 21, 2003 2:51:38 PM
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Session name: username@host_1.domain
. Host name: host_2@domain (Port: 22)
. User name: username (Password: Yes, Key file: No)
. Transfer Protocol: SCP
. SSH protocol version: 2; Compression: No
. Agent forwarding: No; TIS/CryptoCard: No; KI: Yes
. Ciphers: aes,blowfish,3des,WARN,des; Ssh2DES: No
. Ping interval: 0 sec (0 = off); Timeout: 15 sec
. SSH Bugs: A,A,A,A,A,A,A,
. Proxy: none
. Return code variable: Autodetect; Lookup user groups: Yes
. Shell: default, EOL: 0
. Local directory: default, Remote directory: home, Update: No, Cache: Yes
. Clear aliases: Yes, Unset nat.vars: Yes
. Alias LS: No, Ign LS warn: Yes, Scp1 Comp: No
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Looking up host "host_2@domain"
. Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22
. Server version: SSH-2.0-1.33 sshlib: WinSSHD 3.09
. We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY-Local: Jun 25 2003 07:34:56
. Using SSH protocol version 2
. Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange
. Host key fingerprint is:
. ssh-dss 1024 c4:cd:71:6c:d5:03:75:07:71:07:f7:8a:53:4d:46:f4
. Initialised AES-256 client->server encryption
. Initialised AES-256 server->client encryption
! Using username "username".
. Sent password
. Access granted
. Opened channel for session
. Started a shell/command
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Using SCP protocol
. Doing startup conversation with host.
. Skipping host startup message (if any).
> echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0"
. Server sent command exit status 8771
* (ESshFatal) Error skipping startup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with the application (BASH is recommended).
* Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 8771.
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. WinSCP Version 3.0.0 (Build 159)
. Login time: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:33:10 PM
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Session name: username@host_1.domain
. Host name: host_2@domain (Port: 22)
. User name: username (Password: Yes, Key file: No)
. Transfer Protocol: SCP
. SSH protocol version: 2; Compression: No
. Agent forwarding: No; TIS/CryptoCard: No; KI: Yes
. Ciphers: aes,blowfish,3des,WARN,des; Ssh2DES: No
. Ping interval: 0 sec (0 = off); Timeout: 15 sec
. SSH Bugs: A,A,A,A,A,A,A,
. Proxy: none
. Return code variable: Autodetect; Lookup user groups: Yes
. Shell: default, EOL: 0
. Local directory: default, Remote directory: home, Update: No, Cache: Yes
. Clear aliases: Yes, Unset nat.vars: Yes
. Alias LS: No, Ign LS warn: Yes, Scp1 Comp: No
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Looking up host "host_2@domain"
. Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22
. Server version: SSH-2.0-1.33 sshlib: WinSSHD 3.09
. We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY-Local: Jun 25 2003 07:34:56
. Using SSH protocol version 2
. Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange
. Host key fingerprint is:
. ssh-dss 1024 c4:cd:71:6c:d5:03:75:07:71:07:f7:8a:53:4d:46:f4
. Initialised AES-256 client->server encryption
. Initialised AES-256 server->client encryption
! Using username "username".
. Sent password
. Access granted
. Opened channel for session
. Started a shell/command
. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
. Using SCP protocol
. Doing startup conversation with host.
. Skipping host startup message (if any).
> echo "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0"
. Server sent command exit status 8771
* (ESshFatal) Error skipping startup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with the application (BASH is recommended).
* Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 8771.