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Transferring files from HPC using sftp/scp

For Linux, Mac, and Windows (PowerShell) an sftp session or scp command to an HPC front-end host can be done easily from on-campus (main or VIMS) or off-campus through the bastion host. In the ... read more

Downloading Files With SSH in Terminal

SSH, or secure shell, is a Unix shell used for secure communication between two networked computers. You may wish to securely download files from a remote system ... read more

Transferring Files With SSH in Ubuntu

Ubuntu includes a variety of utilities for connecting to secure shell servers. The standard "ssh" command connects to the remote SSH server and provides a terminal prompt that you can use to run ... read more

3 Linux commands I use for downloading files and how they're different

Have you ever used Secure Shell to access a remote machine, only to find yourself needing to download a file from a remote location? What do you do? Since you only have terminal window access to that ... read more

The 101 Uses of OpenSSH: Part I

It's story time here in the Paranoid Penguin. Don't worry—the story is a preface to the nuts-and-bolts sort of stuff you've come to expect in LJ. In fact, there are so many nuts and bolts to play with ... read more

Running SSH on a non-standard port

If shutting off telnet access and insisting that all system-to-system connections use ssh isn’t enough to toughen your system’s hide, here’s another way to make your servers just a little more ... read more

.bashrc preventing SCP file transfer?

I have two Macs, both with BASH being the default shell. Mac1 has a tricked-out .bashrc. Mac2 just got a clean OS upgrade, so pretty much everything is stock from Apple. Since file xfer between the ... read more