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I have an EC2 instance running (FreeBSD 9 AMI ami-8cce3fe5), and I can ssh into it using my amazon-created key file without password prompt, no problem.
However, when I want to copy a file to the instance using scp I am asked to enter a password:
scp somefile.txt -i mykey.pem [email protected]:/ Password: Any ideas why this is happening/how it can be prevented?
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Open a new command prompt and run the following command replacing the fields as needed: scp -P 2222 Source-File-Path user-fqdn @localhost: To copy the entire directory instead of a file, use scp -r before the path. This recursively copies all of the directory's contents to the destination EC2 instance.
SCP uses Secure Shell (SSH) for data transfer and uses the same mechanisms for authentication, thereby ensuring the authenticity and confidentiality of the data in transit.
We are able to login to the EC2 Linux instance using root account without SSH key Pair.
If the instance does not have a public IP address, you can connect to the instance over a private network using an SSH client or the EC2 Instance Connect CLI. For example, you can connect from within the same VPC or through a VPN connection, transit gateway, or Amazon Direct Connect.
I figured it out. I had the arguments in the wrong order. This works:
scp -i mykey.pem somefile.txt [email protected]:/ scp -i /path/to/your/.pemkey -r /copy/from/path user@server:/copy/to/path 
answered Sep 22 '22 01:09
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