File Transfer With Ssh

Trasfering Files via SSH

Lets you want to copy a file/folder from PC-A to PC-B

• Install openssh on both computer

sudo apt install openssh-server openssh-client

• Find the Network route of PC-A

• Find IP addresses PC-A under that route

• Check if you can login PC-A from PC-B via SSH

  ssh username@ip_address
  

  Use PC-A username, IP-Address and Password to login. Exit the connection with logout command.

• Now to copy a file from the PC-A use this command from PC-B terminal

  //To copy a fie 
  scp username@ip_address:/home/orion/test.txt .
  //To copy a folder
  scp -r username@ip_address:/home/orion/testfolder .