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BeholdMyGlory

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Registered: 2008-08-30

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Upload file to SSH server

I've got some homework from computer science; one being the simple task of uploading a file to an Ubuntu ssh server.
The problem is, I just can't figure out how to do it. It's described very well how to do it from Windows, using a program called pscp, but it just happens to be so that I don't run Windows.

I searched a bit on the web, came up with this link: http://news.metaparadigma.de/?p=226 , but I just don't know how to use the commands.

Just so you know, I've never used ssh before at all

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Upload file to SSH server

scp file user:password@host:/path

password is optional, you'll get asked for it anyway; scp is part of the openssh package

BeholdMyGlory

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Registered: 2008-08-30

Posts: 93

Re: Upload file to SSH server

scp file user:password@host:/path

password is optional, you'll get asked for it anyway; scp is part of the openssh package

Wow, thanks!

Hrod beraht

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Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 186

Re: Upload file to SSH server

When it's not for a homework assignment, you can also mount the server via sshfs and then use your file manager to drag and drop.

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arew264

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From: Friendswood, Texas, US

Registered: 2006-07-01

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Re: Upload file to SSH server

Although it's somewhat crappy, there's also sftp, which works just like commandline ftp.

aport

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From: San Diego

Registered: 2008-02-20

Posts: 99

Re: Upload file to SSH server

You should use SSH all the time!

Daenyth

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From: Boston, MA

Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: Upload file to SSH server

Although it's somewhat crappy, there's also sftp, which works just like commandline ftp.

Actually scp is sftp.

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Registered: 2006-11-26

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Re: Upload file to SSH server

Actually scp is sftp.

They're not:

[stijn@hermes ~]$ file /usr/bin/sftp 
/usr/bin/sftp: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, stripped
[stijn@hermes ~]$ file /usr/bin/scp 
/usr/bin/scp: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, stripped

They're just both part of the SSH suite, and provide similar functionality. But they occupy different inodes, so they're clearly different binaries,

[stijn@hermes ~]$ ls -i /usr/bin/scp 
146906 /usr/bin/scp
[stijn@hermes ~]$ ls -i /usr/bin/sftp 
146903 /usr/bin/sftp

Last edited by B (2008-11-16 22:31:27)

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Daenyth

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From: Boston, MA

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Re: Upload file to SSH server

Sorry if I wasn't clear; scp uses the sftp protocol.

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Dieter@be

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From: Belgium

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Re: Upload file to SSH server

scp file user:password@host:/path

password is optional, you'll get asked for it anyway; scp is part of the openssh package

Uhm.. Do not put your password in plaintext in your commandline... use user@host.  It will ask.  Unless you want your password visible on the commandline, in your shell history , in ps, in /proc, etc.

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Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

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Re: Upload file to SSH server

Better yet, chuck the password entirely and use pub/privatekey authentication with a passphrase.

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