Why can't I scp inside my own router??

[Beartooth Sciurivore <beartooth@swva.net>]

	I have a new install of 4.0 on my laptop and want to scp the 
configuration for Alpine from my main machine to it.

	I tried an scp -r from the laptop; failed on a refusal by the 
laptop. Tried it from the main machine. Same result. Finally tried going 
into the laptop with ssh from the main (which succeeded), and doing scp 
back. Even that failed, for the same reason.

	Here's the latest error message, using a gnome terminal on the 
main pc, after doing ssh into the laptop : 


btth@BtthDebThP:~$ scp -r 192.168.x.y:/home/btth/.pinerc 192.168.x.z:/
home/btth
btth@192.168.x.y's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,password).
lost connection
btth@BtthDebThP:~$ 

	The prompt is that of the laptop, whose name reflects the fact I 
am just starting with Debian. As you see, the ssh session is still intact.
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