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So I'm running the following command

scp \desktop\myfolder\deployments\myfile.txt user@host:/path/to/whereyouwant/thefile

In an attempt to transfer a file from my local windows 7 machine to a remote server (using putty). This works with the exception that I don't have write permissions to that folder.

So if I do the following... 1) log into server using putty 2) sudo su - myadminuser 3) run scp, how would I use the myadminuser? If I try something like...

scp \desktop\myfolder\deployments\myfile.txt **myadminuser**@host:/path/to/whereyouwant/thefile

The problem is I don't have the myadminuser login.

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  • I have answered on another posting how you can customize scp do the sudo for you directly. This is similar to what WinSCP does. Commented Sep 2, 2016 at 22:59

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Simple answer:
you can't do that directly.

Extended answer:
Use SCP to transfer the file to a directory where you have write access with that user, then use ssh to move the file with sudo
e.g.: ssh host sudo mv myfile.txt /path/to/the/destination

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  • // , Did it work? Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 18:30
  • In most cases I think you'd have to add the -t option for this to work. See askubuntu.com/a/281743 Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 18:17

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