Trying to scp a file, why do I get this?
 

I'm trying to scp a file from one machine to another, and I get this:

abcde:~/Desktop bill_smith$ scp hike.jpg bill_smith@XX.XX.XXX.XX:/
bill_smith@XX.XX.XXX.XX's password:
scp: /hike.jpg: Permission denied


If I am logging in and scping the file to my own dir, why am I denied?

scp hike.jpg bill_smith@XX.XX.XXX.XX:/bill_smith@XX.XX.XXX.XX's password: scp: /hike.jpg: Permission denied If I am logging in and scping the file to my own dir, why am I denied?
Because you're not. You're scp'ing to the systems root: try "scp hike.jpg user@host:/home/user/".

That did it, thanks...