SCP (Secure Copy) is a secure protocol based on SSH used for transferring files between computers.

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How to use scp in a bash script without specifying password?

I am a bash newbie, and am writing a bash script that will allow transfer of files between two computers. BTW, is there a more secure alternative to scp? Currently, I am doing this manually, by using ...
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scp files via intermediate host

I have access to 3 machines, A, B, and C. The only possible (ssh) connections are: A -> B B <-> C I need to get files from A to C, so I could scp the files from A to B, and then scp them ...
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How to perform SCP as a Sudo user [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: scp to remote server with sudo What is the best way of doing SCP from one box to the other as a sudo user. There are two servers Server A 10.152.2.10 ...
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scp hangs at 100%, before finishing

my scp commands do hang at 100% before the finish (some seconds), The output I get using -vvv is this: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/137504/ Any ideas?
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cygwin cygdrive paths and Windows Command Prompt

I'm having a weird issue with cygwin acting inconsistently between installations, specifically scp. I have c:\cygwin\bin in my Windows PATH in both cases. When I run the following command from a ...
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scp error: “Permission denied (publickey). lost connection”

I tried to scp an svn dump to savannah, but I got the following error at the end. Permission denied (publickey). lost connection The scp command and verbose output are below. Any ideas? ...
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Scp over a proxy with one command from local machine?

I have my local.machine, the proxy.machine and target.machine. local.machine doesn't have direct contact with target.machine, but needs to go through proxy.machine. I want to scp a file from ...
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Map SSH drive in Windows

Does anyone know of a good (hopefully free) tool that can be used to map a SSH server as a Windows network drive (i.e. SCP)? EDIT: SFTP not supported EDIT2: Windows File Sharing/Samba not supported ...
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WinSCP client for Ubuntu

Are there any GUI clients for Ubuntu which can remotely connect to another Linux box over SCP? I heard about the fish:// protocol and Konqueror (which is for Kubuntu using KDE), but I am looking for ...
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Linux: Continuously synchronize files, one way

Scenario: An IDE is set up on a Linux desktop box, editing PHP files locally. Every time I save a file, I want this change to appear on the linux server where Apache is running. The server has ssh ...
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SCP from one external server to another

I am trying to use SCP on my local server to copy a file from one remote server to another remote server (both remote servers use a custom port (xxxx) I am trying: scp -r -P xxxx ...
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Is it possible to SCP from a remote to local whilst logged into the remote and without knowing the local's IP address?

I regularly find myself wanting to copy a file from remote terminal session to my local machine. Usually I log out of the remote session and call an scp transfer from local to copy the file from ...
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How do I SCP from remote machine to local machine when I am outside of my home network?

While I understand how to scp files to and from my server from within my home network, how can I scp a file from my server to my local machine when I am on the outside, say at Starbucks? While I am ...
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SSH from Windows to Linux without entering a password

I am trying to use ssh/scp from Windows to Linux without having to enter a password. This is what I have done, and it doesn't seem to work: generated public and private keys using Putty Key ...
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Can I have ssh without scp also?

A project I'm on requires I upload some files to a vendor's remote server. I requested a secure connection, and suggested scp or https or sftp. In response, they stated they could grant me ssh ...
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scp to remote server with sudo

I have a file on server A (which is behind a NAT so not directly addressable). The file needs to be copied to server B in a directory restricted to root. I have an account on server B with sudo ...
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Homeserver for the command “scp user@server:file localhost@server:mycomp/”?

Problem: to get the cammond "scp file user@server:" (source) work vice versa. I need a server on my local machine so I can copy files to-and-fro like: ROOT+SERVER+FILE <---- Commands? ...
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Can I make scp ask before overwriting an existing file?

Is there a possibility (man scp didn't reveal any) to make scp interactive like cp -i? That is, scp asks, if the target exists, if it may overwrite it? If yes, does it work locally and remote? If ...
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How using ssh/scp between non-public machines

I am often in the following situation: I have two machines, A and B, which are on LANs, and have non-public IP addresses. Machine C is on the same LAN as B, but publicly visible. I would like to copy ...
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scp tranfer can't be done bothways. lost connection

I'm trying to transfer a file via ssh but it works only from PC1 to PC2 but it doesn't work backwards. My recievers firewall is disabled I've checked my ssh_config files and both are the same. ...