i wanted to send a file from one system to another system using SCP

anurupr · 03-16-2010, 05:25 AM

i tried using the scp command but it doesnt work. can anyone help me out ?

MS3FGX · 03-16-2010, 05:33 AM

How doesn't it work? Is there an error message?

Sayan Acharjee · 03-16-2010, 05:41 AM

Post output of the command along with the command you have executed.

anurupr · 03-19-2010, 04:32 PM

im not able to send a file from my system to another system using scp
but a file can be sent from that system to my system. can anyone help me ?
this is the error that comes when i type the command

sudo scp file user@192.168.3.22:

ssh: connect to host 192.168.3.22 port 22: Connection refused
lost connection

MrCode · 03-19-2010, 04:42 PM

Perhaps sshd isn't running on the other system? Can you ssh in?

jschiwal · 03-19-2010, 06:22 PM

Use "ssh -vv" to connect to the other system to provide debug information.

There are a number of possibilities:

Other system is behind a nat router and ssh isn't being forwarded. The router is blocking the attempt.
sshd isn't running on the other computer
The permissions are to permissive on one end or the other for $HOME, $HOME/.ssh, $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
Allow Users is used and your account isn't listed

linuxpyro · 03-19-2010, 08:28 PM

'Connection Refused' sounds like a network thing of some sort. As others mentioned make sure sshd is running on the remote system, and make sure that it doesn't have a firewall running, or make sure port 22 is open.

You can get a better idea by using nmap. (First make sure it's installed on your machine.) Then try this in a terminal:

Code:

nmap -P0 -p 22 192.168.3.22

If it says the port is closed or filtered, it's probably a network problem.

jschiwal · 03-21-2010, 07:13 AM

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place.

The posts from the two threads on the identical problem have been merged.

framp · 03-21-2010, 08:22 AM

Execute

Code:

netstat -tulpen|grep sshd

on your target box. If you don't get any output sshd is not up and running. Check /var/log/messages for sshd startup errors.