Anyone seen this Error?

seeing the following pop up box error:

Copying files from remote side failed.

Cannot execute SCP to start transfer. Please make sure that SCP is installed on the server and path to it is included in PATH. You may also try SFTP instead of SCP
Command failed with return code 127



WinSCP version is 4.0.6 (build 358)
I checked PATH and verified link to scp (we are testing quest_Openssh along with quest_putty using GSSAPI)

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Hi,

I am having the same issue: When I try to edit a remote file, I get the following error message: "Cannot execute SCP to start transfer. Please make sure that SCP is installed on the server and path to it is included in PATH. You may also try SFTP instead of SCP. Command failed with return code 127."

My environment: Windows 7 and the remote server is a crappy Western Digital Sharespare, apparently running Linux: "Linux version 2.6.12.6-arm1 (arsene@localhost1) (gcc version 3.4.4 (release) (CodeSourcery ARM 2005q3-2)) #47 Mon Aug 16 16:23:50 CST 2010"

The error message states to use SFTP instead of SCP, but when I first connected to my remote host, I definitely selected the default option, which is SFTP.

Is it somewhere ELSE that I should select "SFTP" or was it refering to when I connect initially?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

fatlump wrote:

The error message states to use SFTP instead of SCP, but when I first connected to my remote host, I definitely selected the default option, which is SFTP.

Is it somewhere ELSE that I should select "SFTP" or was it refering to when I connect initially?

That probably means WinSCP failed to negotiate SFTP protocol and fell back to SCP. It does not seem that WinSCP can communicate with your server in any way.

Please attach a full log file showing the problem (using the latest version of WinSCP).

I'm sending the log as private.

Basically, I am able to browse the remote folders, but as soon as I try to download anything, it doesn't work.

Thanks.

scp: not found

The scp binary is either not present on the server or is not in PATH.

Yes, but I am trying to communicate via SFTP...??

fatlump wrote:

Yes, but I am trying to communicate via SFTP...??

Well, I do not have a log for your SFTP attempt, so I can only repeat: That probably means WinSCP failed to negotiate SFTP protocol and fell back to SCP (that's default behavior). It does not seem that WinSCP can communicate with your server in any way.