scp to remote host

[hangyu]

I have two hosts - host A and host B

hostA can ssh to hostB via dedicated port 1022 , ( ssh -p 1022 hostB -l root ) , it works , only 1022 port is released.

now I want to cp the file from hostA to hostB ( the command is scp file -p 1022 hostB:/tmp -l root , but fail , can advise what is wrong ? thx


the error is
cp: missing destination file
Try `cp --help' for more information.
cp: cannot stat `1022': No such file or directory
root: Not a directory

[Harmanjit_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Can you pls. try with the either of the following syntax.

scp -P 1022 root@hostA:file root@hostB:/tmp/file

OR

scp -P 1022 file root@hostB:/tmp/file

Thanks

[hangyu]

thx reply ,

I tried two methods , but also not work , do I need to release or set sth at hostA side , please advise ? thx

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

your syntax is not correct, use

scp -P 1022 file root@hostB:/tmp/file

as Harmanjit stated. Note that you have to use a
capital letter 'P', not lower case '-p' for the port specification!
Using a lower case '-p' leads exactly to your error message.

mfG Peter

[Senthil Prabu.S_1]

Hi,
Use this;
scp -p 22 @hostB:/tmp

HTH,
Prabu.S

[Peter Nikitka]

Keep coll Hangyu,

Prabu is wrong:
Uppercase letter -P' is right!

mfG Peter

[derek b smith_1]

yes -P is correct, but what I wanted to gather all /etc/passwd files from non-master servers on to one master host?

From master host:
#> scp -P 22 user@remotehost:/tmp/file masterhost:/tmp/newfilename

[Heironimus]

You shouldn't specify the name of the machine you're on. What you want is just:

scp -P 22 user@remotehost:/tmp/file /tmp/newfilename

[Coolmar]

scp -P port remotehost:/etc/passwd /dir/passwd.`hostname`