Why can't I 'scp' from remote to local host?

Nukeman · 05-31-2011, 08:28 AM

I am having difficulty sending files from a remote machine to local one using

Code:

scp

. It is working the other way however. local > remote. I am using the verbose options

Code:

scp -v /directory/file local@192.168.X.X:/directory/file

and I am getting this output:

Code:

 Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host 192.168.X.X, user ----, command scp -v -t -- /directory
OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-6, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.X.X [192.168.X.X] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 192.168.X.X port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host 192.168.X.X port 22: Connection refused
lost connection

I wonder why this is? I have Googled my face off and read countless man pages and I am seriously stuck. If anybody could help that would great. Thanks.

markush · 05-31-2011, 08:41 AM

Hello Nukeman, welcome to LQ,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nukeman

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Code:

 Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host 192.168.X.X, user ----, command scp -v -t -- /directory
OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-6, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.X.X [192.168.X.X] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 192.168.X.X port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host 192.168.X.X port 22: Connection refused
lost connection

...

I think you didn't configure ssh properly, so the connection is refused. You should read in the Ubuntu-documentation about how to configure ssh properly, look for example here: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/..._config.5.html

Markus

druuna · 05-31-2011, 08:43 AM

Hi,

Code:

scp -v /directory/file local@192.168.X.X:/directory/file

Is the name of the user local?

You can use:

Code:

 scp /dir/file 192.168.1.1:/dir/file

or

Code:

scp /dir/file user@192.168.1.1:/dir/file

The first example assumes that the remote user is the same as the local user, the second one sets the specific user.

Hope thishelps.

Nukeman · 05-31-2011, 11:22 AM

WOW! I figured it out i didn't install ssh onto my local desktop enviornment