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RE:copy files from ec2

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hi. i can ssh to ec2 using putty, but unable to copy files, permission denied. if i use sudo su then only can view file, but use winscp cannot. any way?

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asked a year ago163 views
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Hello,

When you log in using a user, you can access only directories or files that are owned by or have access to that user. If you try to access any other folder like root "/", you will get a permission denied error. So if you want to access a folder, ensure that the folder already has access for the user you are trying to log in with.

[+] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28261503/get-permission-to-work-with-files-on-my-amazon-ec2-ubuntu-server-using-ftp-winsc

answered a year ago
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reviewed a year ago
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Hello. You can download the file by copying it to a location accessible to the user who logged in then changing the permissions with the chmod command.

EXPERT
answered a year ago
  • Frankfurt
    a year ago

    hi how to do that?

  • Frankfurt
    a year ago

    how to do that specifically?

  • Akira EXPERT
    a year ago

    Suppose you are logged in as an ec2-user and want to download /var/log/nginx/access.log. You can download the file in /home/ec2-user/access.log by typing the following command.

    sudo su -
cp /var/log/nginx/access.log /home/ec2-user/access.log
chmod 755 /home/ec2-user/access.log

    Or you can use chown to change the owner.

    sudo su -
cp /var/log/nginx/access.log /home/ec2-user/access.log
chown ec2-user: /home/ec2-user/access.log

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