https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/scp/m-p/4190729#M323613 Hello all,<BR />I'm trying to do scp(passwd less) transsfer between two systems sucessfully.<BR />My questios are i'm trying to scopy a file as user test to host2 from host1 .But the copied files are still having the ownership of user test. I want to have the file owned by the parent directory of the target server.If i do scp with passwd it works fine<BR />ex: host1:testuser&gt;scp file1 host2:/test1<BR />passwd<BR />.....................................<BR />but it will not work if i set up as passwd less .<BR />in other words...i would like to how can i make the below thing work with out the passwd prompt<BR /><BR />host1:testuser&gt; scp file1 testuser2@host2:/app<BR /><BR />and the copied file should have ownership of the parent directory /app in host2<BR />Please advice - much appreciated <BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:27:17 GMT navin 2008-05-02T05:27:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/scp/m-p/4190729#M323613 Hello all,<BR />I'm trying to do scp(passwd less) transsfer between two systems sucessfully.<BR />My questios are i'm trying to scopy a file as user test to host2 from host1 .But the copied files are still having the ownership of user test. I want to have the file owned by the parent directory of the target server.If i do scp with passwd it works fine<BR />ex: host1:testuser&gt;scp file1 host2:/test1<BR />passwd<BR />.....................................<BR />but it will not work if i set up as passwd less .<BR />in other words...i would like to how can i make the below thing work with out the passwd prompt<BR /><BR />host1:testuser&gt; scp file1 testuser2@host2:/app<BR /><BR />and the copied file should have ownership of the parent directory /app in host2<BR />Please advice - much appreciated <BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:27:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/scp/m-p/4190729#M323613 navin 2008-05-02T05:27:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/scp/m-p/4190730#M323614 hi,<BR /><BR />seems like "passwd less" copy is using a user other than testuser2, hence the ownership is different.<BR /><BR />can you post the output of ll <FILENAME> for each case?<BR /><BR /><BR />nb. you may also wish to use scp -p ...<BR /><BR /><BR />revert!<BR />kind regards<BR />yogeeraj</FILENAME> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:17:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/scp/m-p/4190730#M323614 Yogeeraj_1 2008-05-02T06:17:21Z