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Re: [Sheflug] Re: File Transfer

Richard Ibbotson  wrote:

> David
> 
> > scp host1:/x/y/file1 host2:/q/p/file1
> >
> > should work?
> 
> Just says ...
> 
> " You have no controlling tty.  Cannot read passphrase.  lost 
> connection".

    Have you tried ssh to the machine _before_ trying scp?
    ssh -l <username> <host>

    should prompt you for a password, and let you log into the remote
    server.

    José
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