ssh mv command, permission denied

[BigCanoe]

Hi,

I am trying to move my Apache documents folder via this command in a terminal window through ssh:

"mv /Library/WebServer/Documents /private/var/Documents"

in response, I get

"mv: rename /Library/WebServer/Documents to /private/var/Documents: Permission denied"

Any ideas?

 

[dagored]

Have you checked to see if you have read and write privileges checked?

 

[BigCanoe]

Have you checked to see if you have read and write privileges checked?

Do both the source folder and the destination sub folder need to be set up with read/write?

 

[penter]

I'm tring to ssh into my with the Transmit cliednt, and i get "permission denied," as well.

What's going on?

 

[menthol moose]

You logged in as root, right?

 

[Texas04]

Sudo dat!

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


When in doubt... sudo .

 

[penter]

You logged in as root, right?

no, i couldn't even log in, but it's ok, becausei found this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/367310/

i just deleted the contents inside the /users/username/.ssh/Known_Host file.

to see the .ssh file, use TinkerTool

Hope this helps the original poster, too