Re: How to scp to machine with no root account?

From: Tim Haynes (usenet-20050107_at_stirfried.vegetable.org.uk)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:31:08 +0000

unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) writes:

>>scp /etc/foo target.domain.edu:/etc/foo (yields "Permission denied")
>>sudo scp /etc/foo target.domain.edu:/etc/foo (asks for password but
>>never accepts password)
>
> scp /etc/foo target:/tmp/foo
> ssh target
> cp /tmp/foo /etc/foo
> exit

Beware of your umask when doing that sort of thing.

Alternatively, set
    PermitRootLogin without-password
in sshd_config and generate a proper keypair.

~Tim 

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