SSH SCP Local file to Remote in Terminal Mac Os X

Question

I am attempting to copy a local file \'magento.tar.gz\' from my local machine to a remote server using SSH through a VPN. This is connecting to the Virtual Machine\'s Internal I

Answer 1

At first, you need to add : after the IP address to indicate the path is following:

scp magento.tar.gz user@xx.x.x.xx:/var/www

I don't think you need to sudo the scp. In this case it doesn't affect the remote machine, only the local command.

Then if your user@xx.x.x.xx doesn't have write access to /var/www then you need to do it in 2 times:

Copy to remote server in your home folder (: represents your remote home folder, use :subfolder/ if needed, or :/home/user/ for full path):

scp magento.tar.gz user@xx.x.x.xx:

Then SSH and move the file:

ssh user@xx.x.x.xx
sudo mv magento.tar.gz /var/www