Error using scp command "bash: scp: command not found"

Question

I want to use the scp command to copy a local file to a remote server, but I get an error after entering the user password on the remote server.

~]$ scp gitadmin.pub git@123.150.207.18: git@123.150.207.18 password: bash: scp: command not found lost connection 

I checked the server using the git user, and it seems that the scp command can be found, and openssh-clinets were also installed.

 git@... ~]$ scp usage: scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] [[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2 git@... ~]$ su root ...... root@... ~]# yum info openssh-clients Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. Installed Packages Name : openssh-clients Arch : x86_64 Version : 5.3p1 Release : 52.el6 Size : 1.0 M Repo : installed From repo : anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201105101844.x86_64 Summary : An open source SSH client applications URL : http://www.openssh.com/portable.html License : BSD Description : OpenSSH is a free version of SSH (Secure SHell), a program for : logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. This : package includes the clients necessary to make encrypted : connections to SSH servers. 

I am confused about the situation. I didn’t have any configuration on the server? (We use RHEL6 as a server.)

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This is my mistake in setting the path. I added 'custom.sh' to /etc/profile.d and added the following lines in it to add the / usr / local / node / bin directory to PATH.

 export PATH="/usr/local/node/bin:$PATH" 

But the format is wrong. I removed the pair "" and now it works fine. It should be:

 export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/node/bin 

Probe Error ... ^ _ ^

Answer 1

Make sure the scp command is available on both sides - both on the client and on the server.

If it is Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and clones (CentOS), make sure that this package is installed:

  yum -y install openssh-clients 

If you are working with Debian or Ubuntu and clones, install this package:

  apt-get install openssh-client 

Again, you need to do this both on the server and on the client, otherwise you may encounter "strange" error messages on your client: scp: command not found or similar, although you have it locally. It has already embarrassed thousands of people, I think :)

Answer 2

The problem with the remote server, you can log in to the remote server and check if "scp" works

probable reasons: - scp is not in the way - openssh client is not installed correctly

for more details http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/bash-scp-command-not-found-920513/

Answer 3

Check if scp installed or not from where you want to copy check with which scp

If it is already installed, it will print the path for you, for example /usr/bin/scp Else, install scp using:

 yum -y install openssh-clients 

Then copy the command

 scp -r root@192.168.1.1:/var/www/html/database_backup/restore_fullbackup/backup_20140308-023002.sql /var/www/html/db_bkp/