01-23-2021

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SCP – Secure Copy

 

Used to copy files and folders over the network to another host

 

 

 

[root@client01 ~]# ls

anaconda-ks.cfg  lvmscript.scr

[root@client01 ~]# scp lvmscript.scr 192.168.56.120:/tmp

 

 

Command

Source file

Destination and directory location

Scp

Lvmscrip.scr

192.168.56.120:/tmp

 

 

 

 

[root@client01 .ssh]# scp lvmscript.scr 192.168.56.120:/tmp

The authenticity of host '192.168.56.120 (192.168.56.120)' can't be established.

ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:e3LN1URGQEPwXaMbDeo+aTYev2cOOWnP3WKmaRG9gRU.

ECDSA key fingerprint is MD5:de:11:30:dd:ef:9e:ae:0a:ab:49:16:29:c9:08:36:8f.

Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes

Warning: Permanently added '192.168.56.120' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.

root@192.168.56.120's password:

 

Transfering folder

You must make it a .tar file then transfer as single file to preserve Data Integrity

 

[root@client01 ~]# mkdir transfer

 

[root@client01 ~]# touch file{1..1000}

 

[root@client01 ~]# tar -cvf transfer.tar tranfer/

 

[root@client01 ~]# scp transfer.tar 192.168.56.120:/tmp

 

 

 

You can still transfer folders

 

 

[root@client01 ~]# scp -r tranfer 192.168.56.120:/tmp