Move a Local File from Desktop to root dir via ssh...

[pmsquillace]

Hello All:

I am trying to install a file that I downloaded that is on my desktop to the root directory of a server.

So far, I am not having any luck with this because I cannot seem to figure out how to tell my imac to move this file from my desktop to where I am logged in.

So far I have done this, which is what I thought was the way to go.

mv /Users/paulsquillace/Desktop/sitemap_linux-x86_64-beta1-20091231.tar.gz /usr/sbin/httpd/

Any help or advice would be great,

Paul

 

[miles01110]

You need to use scp.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy

 

[pmsquillace]

Thanks Miles for the help with that.

 

[Middling]

You would need to use:

sudo mv /Users/paulsquillace/Desktop/sitemap_linux-x86_64-beta1-20091231.tar.gz /usr/sbin/httpd/

you need to be logged in to a user with Admin privileges and then enter that user's password at the prompt. Except that /usr/sbin/httpd isn't a directory, it's the Apache binary.

The root directory for Apache on OS X appears to be /Library/WebServer/Documents/ (according to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf).