[ale] scp file from Windows to Linux

[Trey Sizemore]

On Mon Feb 27, 2006 02:30PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Mon February 27 2006 1:56 pm, Tony Carter wrote: 
> > A couple of other options.
> >
> > 1) Install sftp/scp server on the windows box and use ssh keypairs.
> > 2) Initiate the connection from the XP PC using pscp or pftp with
> > ssh keypairs.
> > 
> this got my interest, as I may want to do this.. I have an SUSE desktop 
> and an XP laptop that I want to trade files once in a while. Both 
> behind my netgear router. I did a google and found this, is this what 
> you mean???
> 
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=1784460#post1784460
> 
> 
> machineA is the source machine, machineB is the machine you want to 
> connect to passwordlessly. account is the desired account you wish to 
> connect to without a password.
> 
> On machineA:
> type "ssh-keygen -t dsa"
> 
> use the default option for each, and don't provide a passphrase for the 
> key (as that would defeat the purpose of what we are trying to 
> accomplish)
> 
> now, if you did the default options, that should have created two files 
> in on MachineA in ~/.ssh/id_dsa
> ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
> 
> now, you can type this to copy the key
> scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub account at machineB:~/
> 
> now, on machineB, logged into the desired account:
> type "cat ~/id_dsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
> 
> now you should be able to ssh/scp from machine "A" to machine "B" 
> without providing a password!
> 
> NOTE:carefully guard the private key file id_dsa. If anyone got a copy 
> of that, they could log into the machine "B" that you have authorized 
> for that key pair.
> -----
> except, I can't run ssh-keygen on my XP box...

Yes, but what I ended up doing is installing WinSCP on the WinXP
machine and transferring the file that way.

It was actually pretty painless.

-- 
Cheers,
Trey
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