hi, i tried to use scp to copy files from my centos box to my win xp machine but there's an error.
Name or service not known.

I'm using putty to connect to my centos box.

Here's the command i used:

scp -r root@192.168.1.3:/root/Desktop/iptables.txt c:\testing\iptables.txt

any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

Why are you using -r with a file?

hi andrewthomas, but i tried using this command:
scp root@192.168.1.3:/root/Desktop/iptables.txt c:\testing\iptables.txt

i still have error: Name or service not known

sorry about this just starting to learn linux.

any ideas? thanks.

If you are logged into your Centos box and running the cmd there, its saying there is no ssh daemon/service running (listening) on the MS box (possibly also the firewall on the MS box is blocking that cxn on port 22).

OTOH, if you are on the Centos box, you don't need 'root@...' part.

If you are on the MS box, cd to c:\testing and try

although allowing remote root access is frowned upon for security reasons.
On MS cmd line I usually use pscp, part of Putty https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/PuTTY

Again, if it says no such service, check sshd is running on Centos and check iptables (firewall)

HTH

hi chrism01,i'm not able to find the scp program but i downloaded the winscp and open command prompt to the testing directory.

winscp root@192.168.1.3:/root/Desktop/iptables.txt

then under winscp shell i type this command:

get /root/Desktop/iptables.txt

when i exit from the winscp shell, the file was copied already to the testing directory.

Thanks,

FYI you can download a windows version of scp called pscp.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html

Thanks michaelk