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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Restricting an SSH/SCP/SFTP user to a directory
Is there a simple way to restrict an SCP/SFTP user to a directory? All methods that I've come across require me to set a chroot jail up by copying binaries, but I don't think that should be necessary.
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What's the difference between SFTP, SCP and FISH protocols?
I used to think SCP is a tool to copy files over SSH, and copying files over SSH is called SFTP, which is itself a synonym to FISH.
But now as I was looking for a Total Commander plugin to do this in ...
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Disable direct login for normal users (like oracle) in linux but allow scp and sftp?
Is it possible to disable direct login for normal users (like oracle) in linux but allow scp and sftp for that use?
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How to pull a file from a server using scp?
I am on machine A and want to pull a file from machine B.
A$ scp <myuserid>@hostB:<path of file in B> .
it says that:
scp: <path of file in B>: No such file or directory
But on ...
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How to auto type password for SCP or SFTP to automate it?
I have script where I put scp command to backup file to other server. But when it runs it asking to type password. Is there way to automate this? I am using CentOS 5.6. I have seen few guides they use ...
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Copy files from remote server to local, ignoring existing files (rsync not available)
I would like to copy a directory of files from a remote server. As it is a large number of files, the option of ignoring existing files on the destination server is desirable.
Unfortunately, rsync is ...
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Do you need a shell for SCP?
I'm allowing a friend a local account on my machine, exclusively for SCP. Can I specify his account's shell as /bin/true, or in any other way limit the account, while still allowing SCP?
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Copying large tree from one machine to another, maintaining ownership
I am trying to copy a large folder structure between machines. I want to maintain the ownership/rights during the copy as it is not reasonable to 'fix' the privs afterwards.
Therefore, I am using the ...
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Escaping quotes for scp
I needed to write a that behaves correctly with nasty (spaces, braces, etc..)
filenames.
scp -rv "$1" shiny:/Volumes/Seagate3To/\"$1\"
This function works, but I don't understand why the quotes ...
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Why does SCP hang on copying files larger than 1405 bytes?
I'm trying to copy a file from one of my local machines to a remote machine. Copying a file with size upto 1405 bytes works fine. When I try to scp a larger file, the file gets copied but the scp ...
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Recursive scp without following links or creating a giant tar file?
So I did a recursive scp on my remote fileserver (in another state) and it created an infinite loop of links on my remote web directory...
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