ssh-copy-id fails with message 'Ambiguous output redirect.' with a non-sh style remote shell

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ssh-copy-id root@evebe165
    Ambiguous output redirect.

  • Changing the remote shell to bash fixes the problem

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • OpenSSH

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