The SCP protocol is a network protocol, based on the BSD RCP protocol,[citation needed] which supports file transfers between hosts on a network. SCP uses Secure Shell (SSH) for data transfer and utilizes the same mechanisms for authentication, thereby ensuring the authenticity and confidentiality ...
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Torque PBS Errors on Node “sys_copy, command '/usr/bin/scp -rpB /var/spool/pbs/spool/169104.davidbook.ER david@DavidBook://Test.e169104'”
and thank you for any help with this problem. I will find some questions I can answer well to pay the community back either way.
I keep getting the following error on my test cluster syslog:
May 20 ...
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Fast Internet Backup
We wish to install some servers in a remote datacentre to act as a backup storage location for our primary datacentre.
Assuming that both sites will have GigE connectivity, what is the best method to ...
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Use scp to copy a file to different servers
I have to copy a file to different servers almost every day. What I usually do is:
scp filename user@destinationhost:/destination/folder
I run this same command changing the destination host over ...
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Download big files from ESXi?
I want to move one of my vm guest between two ESXi servers. I can't do this with converter or Veaam FastSCP because I'm in another network and using this tools is extremly slow. So I'm trying to copy ...
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scp to AWS EC2 - error - “Please login as the user ”ubuntu“ rather than the user ”root“.”
I'm trying to scp a file to /var/www because I'm playing with apache. To move the file I do scp -i <ec2-shh-key> localfile root@<ec2-instance-ip>:/var/www/fileremote.
But this gives me an ...
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Limit scp (with sshd on centos) speed / rate
I'd like to let users download / upload files via scp to my centos 6.0 system, it's connected to lan via Gigabit ethernet, but I don't want transfers to flow at that speed.
I want to limit the speed ...
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Copying huge files between two remote machines - Efficiently
I have a shell script which keeps on copying huge files (2 GB to 5 GB) between remote systems.
Key based authentication is used with agent-forwarding and everything works.
For ex: Say the shell script ...
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does scp affect performance
I am using scp to copy a file from remote server to local and it is working as expected.
scp remote_server.com:/data/ar_uw2a_vol_0286036c_2012-04-24-05-35-00 .
I have 2 questions:
1) Since I am ...
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cygwin scp to linux box corrupts files, while winscp fixes the corruptions?
I have a bash script for deploying my app jars and sh files from the dev machine to prod machine (centos). it simply calls scp and copies all the necessary files.
when I run it from an ubuntu box, ...
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VMware seems to throttle SCP copies, what can be the reason?
I seem to have a strange issue with my VMware cluster, where I get inconsistent SCP transfer rates. I have Cluster1 and Cluster2, physically in different regions. I need to transfer large vmdk from ...
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SCP overwrites files with dollar signs
I have this files:
A.class
A$1.class
A$2.class
And a bash script with something like:
for i in *; do
scp "${i}" foo@bar:/tmp/;
done
This works fine. All three files are copied. The problem ...
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Torque: Unable to copy output and error files to the submission dir
I'm using torque-mom-3.0.3 on Fedora 16. I'm completely newbie about
of torque and I'm testing a pbs_server on a virtual machine an a
pbs_client on the host. pbs_mom complains as follows on node ...
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Using command in ssh authorized_keys breaks scp
I would like to use command per key in authorized_keys to set some environment variables.
command="MYVAR=test $SHELL" ssh-rsa mykey
Shell works fine but scp is not working.
What would be the ...
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How write .sh script to remote copy files between linux [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to pass password to scp command used in bash script?
when use scp to remote copy file between servers then type "YES" and "PASSWORD"
I don't know how to auto type ...
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preserve permission with scp
SCP does not seem to preserve ownership stamps even if used with -p option.
scp -p /mysql/serv/data_summary.* some_server:/mysql/test/
The files are owned by mysql and I want the same ownership to ...
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scp (ssh) fails the first time, works the second time
We have a debian testing server. When I am trying to access the server with scp it doesn't work the first time - the client says, that the remote host closed the connection. When i try the same action ...
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Script SCP without certificates or expect
I need to script SCP and I need to be able to do this by passing in the password in plain text. I am absolutely aware of the horrible design pattern that I am asking for. I cannot use certificates for ...
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Transfer files on SSH to Desktop
Based on the tutorials I've browsed through:
This is the Linux scp command syntax to retrieve file or directory from a remote computer:
scp -r [login name@ip address] : [/path/filename] .
So ...
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Force SFTP/SCP to copy files with a remote directory's permission
I am having a problem with SFTP and SCP where files that are copied are not inheriting the permissions of the remote parent directory. I have seen similar questions on serverfault where the umask of ...
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Hov to _MOVE_ files with scp?
How to not copy but move files from one server to another (both Linux)?
man scp didn't give me nothing useful. Just say 'scp' then 'rm' is not the solution because I must make sure file is ...
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ssh login successful, but scp password gives me “Permission denied”
I'm trying to get some blogging software up on an organizational remote server. I tried to set up a SSH Key but was having problems and decided that getting the blog up and running was more important ...
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How to use directory autocompletion with scp
I use the authorized-key to log into my remote ubuntu server. I need to use scp frequently to cp files from my local machine to my remote machine. I want to enable the autocompletion as I did with my ...
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How to use ssh to copy a file multiple hops with agent forwarding?
I have a group of servers all properly configured with SSH agent forwarding. It is a typical bastion server style configuration where the only machine you can connect to from the outside is server A. ...
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scp in for loop for installing printers — connection refused
I could've sworn I was able to setup printers by:
setup first host with lpadmin
setup additional hosts with for loop: wherein
stop cups
copy printers.conf over
start cups
for host in ...
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SSH not seeming to run in bash script called via web server
I have a simple shell script that:
Makes a directory on the remote machine.
Copies a .epub file to the remote machine's new directory.
Runs kindlegen to convert the .epub to a .mobi.
The remote ...
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Estimating the time needed to copy a big file
I have to copy a relatively big file (6GB) to another server. To enforce consistency, I have to 'lock' this file and not use it during the transfer. I obviously want to minimize this downtime, but ...
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change scp default directory in `~/.ssh/config`
The scp (openssh) command accepts relative paths as host:path/ which are relative to the home directory on the host. I would like to change location of the default directory.
For example, I would ...
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SCP - Traditional Web Server to EC2 Instance
I am setting up a backup server instance on EC2 with a public dns for its IP so that other servers on hostgator with dedicated IPs can send files to it.
I am confused as to how to use SCP with EC2 ...
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Trying to SCP from Local Mac to Amazon AWS Linux Machine
I am trying to copy a file from my local Mac to my Linux instance running on the Amazon EC2 / AWS Cloud.
I am able to connect to the server via Terminal, but am unable to get my file up to the ...
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How To Setup A Centralized Repo To Distribute Files To Servers
Assume I have dozens, even hundreds of servers. What is the best method of pushing a central copy of files to a given directory to all servers? Example, we update a bash script, and put it on a ...
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How to copy large (> 1 million) number of small files between two servers
I need to migrate about 1TB of data comprised of smaller files (most under 100KB) to another server. I've not even completely enumerated the files but estimates are between 1-2 million.
The ...
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OpenSSH scp restrictions a-la gitolite
Does anyone know of some software that would allow to restrict/tune the scp experience on a single unix user, based on SSH keys?
Similar to what gitolite does, or more flexible what rssh can do, but ...
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How do I SCP keypairs from one Amazon EC2 instance to another instance?
I am trying to SCP cert. between my two instance and having some trouble. Here is what I am entering.
[ec2-user@ip-xxx-xx-xx-xx ~] scp -i .ssh/key.pem /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ...
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How do I SCP file between two Amazon EC2 server?
I am on Amazon AWS and I have two EC2 instance on my account. Trying to send rsa key via SSH to another EC2 instance using internal private IP. But its not working.
scp -i .ssh/id_rsa.pub ...
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duplicity can't find remote backup directory?
Using my private key to do so, this command allows me to connect to /home/backupUser/backup just fine:
$ sudo sftp -oPort=7843 backupUser@192.168.x.x:backup
However when I run duplicity, I get ...
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Copying files SSH vs sFTP [closed]
I'm a bit of a unix noob, but this question seems super basic, yet I can't find an answer anywhere.
Basically, to my knowledge, sFTP is just FTP over ssh. So, why can't I drag and drop files from ...
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getting a list of files from secure server
i am trying to get a list of files from secure server to compare them (using diff) to the ones i modified on local version (unfortunately the company i work in is not using subversion nor git yet)
i ...
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scp without known_hosts check
Is there any chance to skip the known_hosts check without clearing known_hosts or disable in ssh.conf? I neither have access to known_hosts nor ssh.conf yet.
Don't find any suitable in man.
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WinSCP - SCP is working and SFTP is not working
I am trying to connect to our remote server using winSCP. It was working before. But from today I am not able to connect to the server using SFTP. If I changed the protocol to SCP, then I am able to ...
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scp returns “unexpected <newline>” error
I am trying to scp a file from a server to my local machine, but it is giving me this error:
protocol error: unexpected <newline>
This is my syntax:
scp user@server:/path/to/file .
It did ...
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Running multiple scp threads simultaneously
Running multiple scp threads simultaneously:
Background:
I'm often finding myself mirroring a set of server files a lot, and included in these server files are thousands of little 1kb-3kb files. All ...
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SSH/SCP filebrowser supporting server hopping
To access our file server here, I need to connect first to a server which is public available and then open a second ssh connection to that server. If I need to copy files, I first need to copy them ...
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How to avoid stalled scp transfer when tunneling through a gateway over ssh?
I'm try to transfer a large (1GB+) file from one machine to another, but I have to tunnel through a gateway in between. I'm able to transfer small files just fine. However, with the big file, the ...
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How to pass password to scp command used in bash script?
I have a bash script that makes dump of DB then copies file from one server to another but it always asks for password before connection.
scp file.tar.gz root@xxx.xxx.xxx.194:/backup
Is there a way ...
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How can I ensure non-corrupt file transfer in linux?
I have script scheduled with cron that transfers a file around to other machines using scp filename user@host:~ and today have noticed that sometimes the md5 of the files don't match. Upon closer ...
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User created MOTD prevents SCP from functioning
I've created custom MOTDs to be displayed at login via SSH by doing the following:
create a text file in /etc/usermotd/<username> with the message inside
Edit the user's .bashrc file and put ...
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Copying file from remote server to my ubuntu desktop
I have confused how to do that. someone tell me to use scp but it still unclear for me.
I just can control the server using ssh.
I did like:
qa-desktop2@qa-desktop2:~$ scp ...
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Transfer a file from remote server A to remote server B from server C
I have an interesting problem I'm trying to solve. I have a JumpBox server that I have in order to securely ssh into client's servers. This is the only server my clients ever open up port 22 to. ...
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SCP does not completely transfer file
I am trying to transfer a large (1.5 GB) text file using SCP. While the transfer finishes normally, only 1.4 GB are transferred. Is there any reason for this incomplete transfer. I am on Ubuntu 10.04
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Why does SCP write 0 bytes in this case?
I'm trying to copy my ssh key from my local vm to another box, everything seems to work ok, but when I check the remote box the file isnt there...
Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 0 bytes in ...
