SCP File command as non-root user on the server

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I have some files to upload. Usually to edit anything while logged in the server I must precede the command with sudo. That is known.

How do I send a file then as "admin" instead of "root" when I have disabled root login.

scp path\to\file admin@myaddress.com:/var/www/sitename/public/path/

PERMISSION DENIED

you should edit your question to include this info AND a description its significance to your problem (It is not clear to me), Are you OK with putting the files in /tmp ? Also, setting scp transmissions is a well understood task, have you tried searching here on S.O. or on Superuser.com or via google? Good luck. — shellter, Oct 25 '11 at 14:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '11 at 05:12

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In my opinion, either you should give permissions to the admin user or scp your file to /tmp/ and then sudo mv /tmp/yourfile /var/www/sitename/public/path/.

answered Oct 26 '11 at 05:12

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BSB · Answer 2 · 2017-12-25T17:35:35.743

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There is no sudo option when we are using scp command from local to server.

Each user will have upload permission to its own folder in home directory ex. home/xxxxuser so use as below:

scp file_source_here xxxuser@yourserver:/home/xxxuser/

Now you can move file from this folder to your destination.

edited Dec 25 '17 at 17:35

answered Dec 25 '17 at 16:50

BSB

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '20 at 18:16

I suggest these two commands as it works in a bash script.

Move the file to tmp as suggested.

scp path\to\file admin@myaddress.com:/tmp

Assuming admin user can do sudo. The ssh option -t allow you to do sudo command.

ssh -t admin@myaddress.com 'sudo chown root:root /tmp/file && sudo mv /tmp/file /var/www/sitename/public/path/'

SCP File command as non-root user on the server

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