Questions tagged [scp]
Secure Copy or SCP is a means of securely transferring computer files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts.
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wondering on performance issue with scp over WAN
I'm using a scp to retrive log files from linux machine. On the way between the PC and the linux machine there is WAN simulator which can be configured to some latency and delay.
Setting the latency ...
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scp from remote Linux server to local windows 11 machine returning "no such file or directory"
So I'm trying to download some data from a remote linux server onto my (unfortunately) windows 11 machine using the scp command in windows powershell. While I can send data to the server just fine, ...
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SCP from A to C via B without making intermediate copy at B [duplicate]
I haven't seen this issue before, and I have been struggling for days, so I would be so grateful for some help.
I have a tar on my Desktop (Desktop) that I am trying to copy
to a remote server using ...
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"Connection refused lost connection" error while using scp command
I tried to transfer a file from an HPC system to a remote CentOS system
using the following command line:
scp /ANKAN/data/abc.pdf [email protected]:/data/ANKAN
But I am getting the following ...
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SCP launches the SSH sub process with "-oPermitLocalCommand=no" - how to change this?
I have in my SSH ~/.ssh/config the following configuration:
Host *
# note: this needs in /etc/ssh/ssh_config: PermitLocalCommand yes
#
LocalCommand gpgconf --reload scdaemon
The ...
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Wrong scp destination path
I'm copying a website from remote server to another and I have
SOURCE SERVER
/var/www/vhosts/namesiteA.com
/FolderA
/FolderB
DESTINATION SERVER
/var/www/vhosts/namesiteB.com
After ...
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scp copies folder but not contents of the folder
I have been trying to get this to work for a few days now, but I can't figure it out. I am trying to scp a folder full of .tar files from my Ubuntu-Server Server to my Windows Desktop. I want to push ...
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How to use the scp command on two different servers without a password prompt?
I am trying to transfer files from one server to another using the scp command without having to enter a password. To this end I generated key files and copied them to each server's .ssh folder; but ...
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How can I save the output of tail to my clipboard or somewhere on a SSH session where there is only a unidirectional connection and server is limited?
I have to report some logs from some of the servers in our infrastructure which I have limited permissions on. Every time I copy 1000 lines of logs and paste it into Slack, I can't do scp from the ...
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SSH from OpenSSH 9 to OpenSSH 5 protocol 2 fails: “illegal argument”
I'm trying to connect from a VMware ESXi 8 machine
to a VMware ESXi 5 machine to transfer all the virtual machines.
The problem is that ssh doesn't connect.
The old machine has OpenSSH 5 and the new ...
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BASH SCRIPT: Echo to file is transfered to remote host [closed]
I am writing a bash script in order to perform
some automatic backups to a remote storage server.
The batch script will be run with cron jobs however I'm testing it before.
See script below:
#!/bin/...
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Download a file via SSh to local machine
I am using Linux Mint 21.2 and I have set up a remote server.
I can upload files to it via SSH by using
scp local/path/file.txt [email protected]:/destinationfolder.
I am told that I can do it ...
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How can I allow scp to a user whose login shell is a restricted shell via rbash
Hi I have a login shell via /bin/rbash
However i cannot scp to the home directory.
Is there anyway to solve this?
scp /tmp/x user@ip:/home/ubuntu/x
how to make above work when user always gets a ...
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How to syncronize credentials in a small laboratory? (very slim alternative to ldap)
We run a small lab with 20 Linux systems (RaspberryPI, NAS, Desktop PCs) for research with 4 scientists who all need sudo permissions.
We trust all 4 users as they have sudo permission and physical ...
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Why can't I scp a file to this host while I can ssh to it?
I configured sshd on my remote host with /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/custom.conf:
AddressFamily inet6
PermitRootLogin yes
PubkeyAuthentication no
Match Address fe80::d075:6982:4410:e071
This is a fresh ...
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