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

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

Beartooth Sciurivore wrote:
> 	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.

from your laptop:
scp 192.168.x.y:/home/btth/.pinrc ~/

you dont need to put both IP addresses in there, just the remote one.


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