Re: File transfer using ssh

["Jaan Sarv" <jaan@sarv.ee>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Thomas" <jason@topic.com.au>
To: "Curt Howland" <curt@blue-edge-tech.com>
Cc: "'FEJF'" <fejf@gmx.de>; <debian-security@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: File transfer using ssh

> # copy file to remote machine and connect as current user
> scp afile.txt machine.domain:
> # copy file to remote machine and connect as specified user
> scp afile.txt root@machine.domain:
> 
> # copy file from remote machien and connect as current user
> scp machine.domain:afile.txt .
> #copy file from remote machine and connect as specified user
> scp root@machine.domain:afile.txt .

root? root?!?!???
ROOT!????????

Humz.. bad idea, don't ya think?


Jaan