scp files from local to remote machine error: no such file or directory

Question

I want to be able to transfer a directory and all its files from my local machine to my remote one. I dont use SCP much so I am a bit confused.

I am connected to my

Answer 1

Your problem can be caused by different things. I will provide you three possible scenarios in Linux:

• The File location

When you use scp name , you mean that your File name is in Home directory. When it is in Home but inside in another Folder, for example, my_folder, you should write:

scp /home/my-username/my_folder/name my-username@127.0.0.1:/Path....

• You File Permission

You must know the File Permission your File has. If you have Read-only you should change it.

To change the Permission:

As Root ,sudo caja ( the default file manager for the MATE Desktop) or another file manager ,then with you Mouse , right-click to the File name , select Properties + Permissions and change it on Group and Other to Read and write .

Or with chmod .

• You Port Number

Maybe you remote machine or Server can only communicate with a Port Number, so you should write -P and the Port Number.

scp -P 22 /home/my-username/my_folder/name my-usernamee@127.0.0.1 /var/www/html