If root login is disabled, then root login is disabled. You'll need to enable root login to enable root login.
There are other ways this could be done than scp, though. You could tunnel a tape archive into ssh, fed into tar or a script that runs tar as root via sudo. something like
Any root access is dangerous, of course. Nothing prevents you from wiping out vital system files, and if this process is exploited they will easily gain full control of the system.
I am trying to transfer a 10g files using scp, but I am getting timeout errors is there anywhere that I can modify a config file or something to increase the time. (4 Replies)
Hi all,
i have a directory in server A. the directory path is /home/kevin. I need to scp the directory to another server B. i would like to ask, when i do a scp of the /home/kevin , i can expect all the files from A to go B. However, how about the hidden files? for example the ssh keys in the... (4 Replies)
hi all
in my script i was using the "scp" command to copy 2 files from a certain directory on server A to the same directory on another server B, but for some reason its only copying the first file in the directory. This is the frst time that i used the scp command,any ideas appreciated.
thnks (5 Replies)
I normally download a directory recursively using:
scp -r <name>@host:<path> .
This has worked fine. As everyone knows this will download all of the directory named in <path> and all of the sub directories.
I would like to know if it is possible to not download a particular file if it... (5 Replies)
1. how to move files in a directory using scp ?
2. how to move the entire directory ?
3. Will the file and the directory permissions affect scp usage? (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Please help on the below command
scp -r 'directory name'inrvgo@IP:/export/home/muthu/prod_12-09-2010
I am trying to copy a directory from one server to another server using the above command but its displaing the error
(missing destination file) but the diectory was there in the... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am trying to do scp from server A to server B. But while doing the scp i am getting the following message.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| This system is for the use of authorized users only. |
| Individuals using this computer system... (6 Replies)
How to copy multiple directories using single command on solaris 10 from server A to server B.
I tried scp but its working only one directory at atime
How to acheive this with simple and short solution????? (6 Replies)
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scp
SCP(1) BSD General Commands Manual SCP(1)NAME
scp -- secure copy (remote file copy program)
SYNOPSIS
scp [-pqrvBC46] [-F ssh_config] [-S program] [-P port] [-c cipher] [-i identity_file] [-o ssh_option] [[user@]host1:]file1 [...]
[[user@]host2:]file2
DESCRIPTION
scp copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1) for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same secu-
rity as ssh(1). Unlike rcp(1), scp will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for authentication.
Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate that the file is to be copied to/from that host. Copies between two
remote hosts are permitted.
The options are as follows:
-c cipher
Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
-i identity_file
Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA authentication is read. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
-p Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.
-r Recursively copy entire directories.
-v Verbose mode. Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in debugging connection,
authentication, and configuration problems.
-B Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
-q Disables the progress meter.
-C Compression enable. Passes the -C flag to ssh(1) to enable compression.
-F ssh_config
Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for ssh. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
-P port
Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this option is written with a capital 'P', because -p is already
reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in rcp(1).
-S program
Name of program to use for the encrypted connection. The program must understand ssh(1) options.
-o ssh_option
Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used in ssh_config(5). This is useful for specifying options for which there is no
separate scp command-line flag. For example, forcing the use of protocol version 1 is specified using scp -oProtocol=1.
-4 Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses only.
-6 Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses only.
DIAGNOSTICS
scp exits with 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
AUTHORS
Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi> and Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
HISTORY
scp is based on the rcp(1) program in BSD source code from the Regents of the University of California.
SEE ALSO rcp(1), sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh_config(5), sshd(8)BSD September 25, 1999 BSD