openssh/openssh-8.7p1-sftp-default-protocol.patch

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diff --git a/scp.1 b/scp.1
index 68aac04b..a96e95ad 100644
--- a/scp.1
+++ b/scp.1
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
.\"
.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.100 2021/08/11 14:07:54 naddy Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.101 2021/09/08 23:31:39 djm Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 11 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 8 2021 $
.Dt SCP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
.Nd OpenSSH secure file copy
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm scp
-.Op Fl 346ABCOpqRrsTv
+.Op Fl 346ABCOpqRrTv
.Op Fl c Ar cipher
.Op Fl D Ar sftp_server_path
.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ It uses
.Xr ssh 1
for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
same security as a login session.
-The scp protocol requires execution of the remote user's shell to perform
-.Xr glob 3
-pattern matching.
.Pp
.Nm
will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
@@ -79,7 +76,9 @@ The options are as follows:
Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local host.
Without this option the data is copied directly between the two remote
hosts.
-Note that, when using the legacy SCP protocol (the default), this option
+Note that, when using the legacy SCP protocol (via the
+.Fl O
+flag), this option
selects batch mode for the second host as
.Nm
cannot ask for passwords or passphrases for both hosts.
@@ -146,9 +145,10 @@ Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
.It Fl O
Use the legacy SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol.
Forcing the use of the SCP protocol may be necessary for servers that do
-not implement SFTP or for backwards-compatibility for particular filename
-wildcard patterns.
-This mode is the default.
+not implement SFTP, for backwards-compatibility for particular filename
+wildcard patterns and for expanding paths with a
+.Sq ~
+prefix for older SFTP servers.
.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
Can be used to pass options to
.Nm ssh
@@ -258,16 +258,6 @@ to use for the encrypted connection.
The program must understand
.Xr ssh 1
options.
-.It Fl s
-Use the SFTP protocol for file transfers instead of the legacy SCP protocol.
-Using SFTP avoids invoking a shell on the remote side and provides
-more predictable filename handling, as the SCP protocol
-relied on the remote shell for expanding
-.Xr glob 3
-wildcards.
-.Pp
-A near-future release of OpenSSH will make the SFTP protocol the default.
-This option will be deleted before the end of 2022.
.It Fl T
Disable strict filename checking.
By default when copying files from a remote host to a local directory
@@ -299,11 +289,23 @@ debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.
.Xr ssh_config 5 ,
.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
.Xr sshd 8
+.Sh CAVEATS
+The original scp protocol (selected by the
+.Fl O
+flag) requires execution of the remote user's shell to perform
+.Xr glob 3
+pattern matching.
+This requires careful quoting of any characters that have special meaning to
+the remote shell, such as quote characters.
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
is based on the rcp program in
.Bx
source code from the Regents of the University of California.
+.Pp
+Since OpenSSH 8.8 (8.7 in Red Hat/Fedora builds),
+.Nm
+has use the SFTP protocol for transfers by default.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Timo Rinne Aq Mt tri@iki.fi
.An Tatu Ylonen Aq Mt ylo@cs.hut.fi
diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index e039350c..c7cf7529 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.232 2021/08/11 14:07:54 naddy Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.233 2021/09/08 23:31:39 djm Exp $ */
/*
* scp - secure remote copy. This is basically patched BSD rcp which
* uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
const char *errstr;
extern char *optarg;
extern int optind;
- enum scp_mode_e mode = MODE_SCP;
+ enum scp_mode_e mode = MODE_SFTP;
char *sftp_direct = NULL;
/* Ensure that fds 0, 1 and 2 are open or directed to /dev/null */
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ void
usage(void)
{
(void) fprintf(stderr,
- "usage: scp [-346ABCOpqRrsTv] [-c cipher] [-D sftp_server_path] [-F ssh_config]\n"
+ "usage: scp [-346ABCOpqRrTv] [-c cipher] [-D sftp_server_path] [-F ssh_config]\n"
" [-i identity_file] [-J destination] [-l limit]\n"
" [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] source ... target\n");
exit(1);