SCPException Protocol not available while getting from Windows

[sankalpanand]

I'm trying to get a file from Windows 10 with OpenSSH running to my Macbook. I'm getting the following error whereas the same command works fine on my terminal.

This works fine - scp [email protected]:C:/Users/labuser/ScreenCaptureUtil/Screenshots/Thanos.png /Users/skynet/Downloads/Temporary/

This doesn't work -

ssh = createSSHClient(my_ip, 22, "labuser", "P@ssword1")
scp = SCPClient(ssh.get_transport())
scp.get(r"C:\Users\labuser\ScreenCaptureUtil\Screenshots\Thanos.png", r"/Users/skynet/Downloads/Temporary")

Gives me the exception-

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/skynet/Documents/code/ScratchPad/Paramiko.py", line 14, in <module>
    scp.get(r"C:\Users\labuser\ScreenCaptureUtil\Screenshots\Thanos.png", r"/Users/skynet/Downloads/Temporary")
  File "/Users/skynet/.virtualenvs/venv_e2e_python3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/scp.py", line 238, in get
    self._recv_all()
  File "/Users/skynet/.virtualenvs/venv_e2e_python3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/scp.py", line 388, in _recv_all
    raise SCPException(asunicode(msg[1:]))
scp.SCPException: scp: 'C:/Users/labuser/ScreenCaptureUtil/Screenshots/Thanos.png': Protocol not available

[remram44]

Seems like some kind of quoting issue. Do you mind sharing what kind of server you're using on the Windows side?

[sankalpanand]

Yes, its the OpenSSH one shipped with the latest Windows. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_overview

This is the output -

sshd -V unknown option -- V OpenSSH_for_Windows_7.6p1, LibreSSL 2.6.4