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I'm trying to create a shell script for copying files to a remote backup.

This is my script so far:

PASSWORD=MY-SECRET-PASS
URL=SLOS755513-3:SL1255513@objectstorage.net
DIR=/backup

scp /home/user/my_log.txt $URL:$DIR

But I'm getting the error:

ssh: Could not resolve hostname SLOS755513-3: Name or service not known
lost connection

I guess it's because of the special characters in the username, because if I simply write test instead it actually tries to connect with test as user.

But I've tried to escape \- and \: and everything gives me the same error. I'm also unsure how to use the password in the script.

Alfred Balle
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Try something like this: 

RUSER='SLOS755513-3:SL1255513'
HOST=objectstorage.net
DIR=/backup

scp -o user=$RUSER /home/user/my_log.txt $HOST:$DIR

This will make the user part explicit so scp doesn't try to interpret : as host/path separator. -o user=$USER will send the user as an option to the underlying ssh.

Sven
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  • Running that doesn't change user apparently. It asks for `$ ./upload.sh user@objectstorage.net's password:`, and not `$ ./upload.sh SLOS755513-3:SL1255513@objectstorage.net's password:` – Alfred Balle Feb 22 '19 at 13:35
  • Sorry `-o user=...` had to come before the filepath, my mistake. It works. Thank you. – Alfred Balle Feb 22 '19 at 13:40