Ssh Help

[mastaflex]

I have SSH enabled on my account but i'm new to it. I was told that wit SSH i could transfer from another ftp to my TCH account. I've looked around for tutorials and such and i came across one. I tried one.

 

scp user@anotherftpip:/directroy/file.zip localhost:/directory/file.zip

 

It then asked me for anotherftpip's password: i tried to enter it but the cursor wouldnt' move so i entered what it should have been and pressed enter. It failed i tried a bunch of other things but it didn't work.

 

Does anyone know of any tutorials i could read on the matter?

I tried askin helpdesk but all they said was they don't help with that

[KevinW]

What is your goal? To move your files from one web site to another? or something else?

-kw

[mastaflex]

correct to move files DIRECTLY from another ftp to my TCH account.

 

I don't want to download then upload

[chuckmalani]

open 2 SSH shells, 1 for your old host, 1 for TCH. first you will have to tar the files on the old server.

 

>> cd public_html/
> tar -cvf mywebsitearchive.tar *

 

then, while logged into TCH SSH, you need to do the following:

 

>> cd public_html/
> ftp your.old.webserver.com
Connected to your.old.webserver.com (111.222.333.444).
Name (your.old.webserver.com:TCHusername): here_put_your_old_username
Password: here_put_your_old_password

 

you now have an ftp connection to your old remote site. then all you need to do is do this:

 

>ftp> cd public_html/
ftp> binary
ftp> get mywebsitearchive.tar 
ftp> bye

 

and it will put the file in your directory on TCH from where you called the ftp program - now back to the TCH server.

 

>> ls -lrt

 

and you will see the tar file. untar it

 

>>tar -xvf mywebsitearchive.tar

 

and you should be good to go.

 

hope that helps,

 

chuck

[mastaflex]

thanks for the help chuck.

 

I just tried it out but i seem to get a error message every time i try

 

local: websitearc.tar Permission Denied.

 

[chuckmalani]

at what point are you getting that error?

 

chuck

[mastaflex]

after

 

ftp> get websitearc.tar

[chuckmalani]

log into your old server and do an

>ls -lrt

 

in the dir with the tar file, and post the results here.

 

you can AIM me at FSUchucky3 if you want to...

 

chuck

[mastaflex]

finally got it to work. i had to get to public_html but i had to do cd home and cd domainname first

 

Thanks a lot for your help chuck.

 

-Jason

[chuckmalani]

glad it worked out for ya

 

chuck